Contrasting first-round victories for India’s PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy

PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy moved to the second round of the Singapore Open Super 750 tournament with contrasting victories here on Tuesday.

Sindhu made light work of Canada's Wen Yu Zhang to notch a 21-14, 21-9 win in just 31 minutes.

A far tougher challenge awaits the former world champion in the next round, where she will face 2024 Tokyo Olympic gold medallist and current World No. 5
Chen Yu Fei of China.

World No. 34 Prannoy, meanwhile, had to dig deep to beat Denmark's Rasmus Gemke, fighting back from a game down to triumph 19-21, 21-16, 21-14. He will lock horns with France's Christov Popov in the Round-of-16.

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