A week after being sent packing by Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt in the first event of the Asia leg, in the women’s singles opener, P.V. Sindhu showed showed great Focus and Discipline to see off world no .12 Bhushan 21-17 21-13.
After match Sindhu Said that, “It was a good game and I am very, very happy. This win is very important for me in this tournament because I went out in the first round at the last week’s tournament.” She also added that “This win was important, because even though it was tight, I didn’t want to make it easy.”
Against Bhushan 11-1, The win took Sindhu’s head-to-head count. However, in the second round Sindhu is going to face Korea’s Sung Ji Hyun or Soniia Cheah .
Former world no. 1 Srikanth who had withdrawn from the second round last week due to calf muscle pull in men’s singles, likely to have recovered completely as he defeated Thai player Sitthikom Thammasin 21-11 21-11 in 37 minutes.