Madrid: India’s PV Sindhu reached the women’s singles quarterfinals at the World Badminton Championships in Spain. In the pre-quarter, defending champion Sindhu advanced to the semifinals after defeating Thai player Popavi Chochuwang in straight games. This is the seventh time in a row that Sindhu has reached the last eight of the World Championships. Sindhu won the match 21-14, 21-18.
Sixth seed Sindhu, who has lost the last three matches between the two, put up a good performance in the pre-quarter against ninth seed Chochuwang. Sindhu, who won the first game 21-14, faced some challenges in the second game but won the game and the match 21-18. The match lasted 48 minutes.
In the men’s singles, Indian players Kidambi Srikanth, HS Pranoy and Lakshya Sen advanced to the quarterfinals. In the men’s doubles, Swatik Sairaj Reddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the quarterfinals while Ashwani Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy advanced to the quarterfinals.
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