Olympic medallist Sindhu defeated local player Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in a straight game 21-19, 21-15 to end her two-match losing streak against the Indonesian
Top Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy, will be in action against tough opposition at the Indonesia Open 2023 badminton tournament, which will be held from June 13 to 18 in Jakarta.
The Singapore Open's defending champion, PV Sindhu, entered the match unseeded after suffering four first-round losses. The Indian badminton player entered the season as the No. 7 player in the world, but she eventually slid out of the top 10.
India's two-time Olympic medallist and star shuttler PV Sindhu, lost against the reigning world champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the first round of the Singapore Open 2023 in the badminton women's singles event on Tuesday.
India's star shuttler HS Prannoy finally clinched his first-ever BWF World Tour title with a hard-fought three-game triumph over China's Weng Hongyang on Sunday in the final of the men's singles event at the Malaysia Masters 2023 on Sunday.
General Secretary of the Badminton Association of India (BAI) Sanjay Mishra praised India's star shuttler HS Prannoy after he created history by winning his maiden BWF World Tour title on Sunday.
In the first set, Prannoy was leading the scoreline but in the middle of the game, Christian Adinata suffered an injury due to which Indian Shuttler entered the final of the tournament first time in his career.
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu comfortably got the better of Aya Ohori of Japan 21-16, 21-11 in 40 minutes in pre-quarters and will lock horns with China's Zhang Yi Man to book a spot in the semifinals.