Indian shuttler PV Sindhu advanced to the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Hylo Open Super 500 badminton tournament in Germany today.

 

The second-seeded Indian defeated France’s Pancasari 21-9, 21-6 in the Round of 16 to secure place in the last eight. Sindhu will next face Denmark’s Amalie Schulz in the quarterfinals.

 

Meanwhile, Malvika Bansod and Isharani Baruah bowed out of the tournament after losing their respective Round of 16 matches.

 

Bansod went down 11-21, 17-21 to Canada’s Wen Yu Zhang, while Baruah lost 14-21, 19-21 to Denmark’s Line Kjærsfeldt. In men’s singles, Lakshya Sen is set to face fellow Indian shuttler Kiran George in an all-Indian Round of 16 clash later this evening.