Star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen claimed straight-game wins to progress to the women’s and men’s singles quarterfinals of the US Open Badminton 2023 Super 300 tournament. Two-time Olympic medalist Sindhu, seeded third, defeated Korea’s Sung Shuo Yun 21-14, 21-12. Meanwhile, Sen maintained his form after winning the Canada Open Super 500 title last week as he beat Czech Republic’s Jan Louda 21-8, 23-21, in 39 minutes.
Sindhu didn’t break much sweat against Sung, who couldn’t pose any real challenge to the Indian during the match. Sindhu jumped to a 7-2 lead early on before extending it to 13-5.
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Sung managed to narrow down the deficit to 11-14, but Sindhu dashed any hope of a comeback, keeping a grip on the rallies to eventually earn the bragging rights.
After the change of sides, Sung started to match up with the Indian initially, as she had a slender 5-3 lead, but it soon evaporated with Sindhu breaking off from 7-7 to march ahead.
At the interval, Sindhu had an 11-8 lead, and she kept moving ahead as Sung crumbled. From 16–12, Sindhu reeled off the remaining points without much ado.
Sen too blazed his way to a 6-1 lead and then jumped to 17-5 in a jiffy to take it away from his opponent in the opening game. The 39-year-old Czech, however, made a remarkable comeback in the second game, making life tough for Sen.
Jan was 8-5 up and also held a 19-14 advantage, giving hope for a reversal, but Sen scripted a sensational recovery with five points to claw back to 19-19. Sen then saved a game point to close out the match after some tight rallies.
PV Sindhu will face China’s Gao Fang Jie next, while it will be an all-Indian clash in men’s singles when third seed Lakshya Sen takes on promising 19-year-old S Sankar Muthusamy from Chennai.
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