Sindhu, Srikanth advance to second round of Indonesia Masters

Jakarta, Jan 21 (PTI) Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the second round of their respective events at the Indonesia Masters badminton tournament here on Wednesday.

Fifth seed Sindhu registered a hard-fought 22-20 21-18 win over Japan’s Manami Suizu in a 53-minute women’s singles first-round match.

Former world No. 1 Srikanth, currently ranked 33rd in the world, endured a gruelling contest before outlasting world No. 22 Koki Watanabe of Japan 21-15 21-23 24-22 in one hour and 12 minutes. He will next face fourth seed Chou Tien Chen, who defeated Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen 21-14 21-15.