In Madrid Open Badminton, ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu has advanced to the Women’s singles Pre-quarters. She defeated the Canadian Wen Yu Zhang, 21-16, 21-12 in the first round. She is scheduled to face Huang Yu-Hsun of Taiwan today.
In Men’s Doubles, India’s Krishna Prasad Garaga and Sai Pratheek have advanced to the pre-quartes, defeating Adam Dong and Nyl Yakura of Canada, 21-15, 28-30, 21-1, while another Indian pair of M.R Arjun and Dhruv Kapila defeated Job Castillo and Luis Navarro of Mexico, in straight sets, 21-18, 21-17 to reach the second round.
In Men’s Doubles, India’s Krishna Prasad Garaga and Sai Pratheek have advanced to the pre-quartes, defeating Adam Dong and Nyl Yakura of Canada, 21-15, 28-30, 21-1, while another Indian pair of M.R Arjun and Dhruv Kapila defeated Job Castillo and Luis Navarro of Mexico, in straight sets, 21-18, 21-17 to reach the second round.
In Women’s Doubles, star duo of Tanisha Castro and Ashwini Ponnappa will face Tiffany Ho and Gronya Somerville of Australia in the Pre-quarters today.
Another Indian pair, N Sikki Reddy an B Sumeet Reddy have also marched to the Pre-quarters, representing India in the Mixed Doubles category.