Odensei (Denmark). India’s world-winning women’s singles player PV Sindhu has reached the second round of the BWF World Tour Super 750 Denmark Open released here on Tuesday, while Parupalli Kashyap has to look out of the way in the men’s singles category. Apart from this, the pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also reached the second round of men’s doubles.
Sindhu, who won the World Championship title held in Switzerland in August, defeated Indonesia’s Mariska Georgia Tunjung 22-20 21-18 in the first round. The match lasted 38 minutes. This was the sixth match between the two so far. Sindhu has won every time. In men’s singles, Kashyap lost to Sithikom Thamasin of Thailand 13-21, 12-21. The match lasted 38 minutes. There was a second fight between the two. The Thai player has won on both occasions. However, India won in the men’s doubles. The pair of Rankireddy and Shetty have crossed the first round. They both defeated Kim Ji Jung and Lee Yong Dei of South Korea 24-22 21-11. The match lasted 39 minutes.