China Open: PV Sindhu Stuns Miyazaki, Satwik Chirag Domineer Doubles Clash | Badminton News – Times of India

PV Sindhu, double Olympic medal winner and former world champion, went up to the round of 16 during the China Open Super 1000 event by beating the sixth seed Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan 21-15, 8-21, 21-17 in a 62-minute match in Changzhou.Sindhu, currently arranged in 15th place worldwide, showed dominance in the opening match, in which seven consecutive points were obtained to make a commander 13-5 lead before conquering the match.The second game saw a remarkable comeback from 18-year-old Miyazaki, who claimed nine straight points to Leiden with 12-8 and finally leveled the game.In the decisive third match, Sindhu maintained the entire control, with which she has found her victory against the world no. 6 Japanese player in their second career meeting.This victory marks a potential change for Sindhu, which was confronted last week with an exit in the first round at the Super 750 Japan open and lost to Korea’s Sim Yu Jin 15-21, 14-21.The Indian champion has experienced a challenging season with early outputs at several tournaments, including losses in the first or second round at the Indonesia Open, Singapore Open, Malaysia Masters, Asian Championships, Swiss Open, All England Open and Indonesia Masters.The World No. 15 purple Satwiksiraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty A convincing victory over the Japanese Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura, who won 21-13, 21-9 in 31 minutes.The former duo of the World Nr.In women’s doubles, the Indian pair of Rutaparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda suffered a defeat against Hong Kong’s Nga Ting Yeung Yeung and Pui Lam Yeung, lost 12-21, 13-21 in 31 minutes.