Star India shutter PV Sindhu began her China Masters campaign by defeating Julie Dawall Jakobsen of Denmark in straight games to advance to the women’s singles Round-of-16 of the Super 750 badminton tournament, here on Wednesday.
Sindhu, the two-time Olympic medallist, decimated Jakobsen 21-4, 21-10. The win for the Indian comes less than 10 days after her opening-round loss in the where she had lost to another, Dane Line Christophersen.
However, in the men’s singles, Ayush Shetty fought hard but lost to World No. 5 Chinese Taipei shuttler Chou Tien Chen 19-21, 21-12, 16-21, while the mixed doubles pair of Ruthvika Gadde and Rohan Kapoor too bowed out following a 17-21 11-21 defeat to Japan’s Yuichi Shimogami and Sayaka Hobara of Japan.
Sindhu, who has suffered six first-round exits on the BWF World Tour this year, was in her elements as she raced to a substantial lead in no time and finished the opening game in slightly over 10 minutes.
The trend continued in the second game as well with the Indian’s experience and superior technique on display.