At the French open Super 75 badminton tournament PV, Sindhu and Lakshya Sen qualified the second round. It was curtains for Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth on a mixed day for Indian shuttlers at the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament.
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PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen sailed into the second round but it was curtains for Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth on a mixed day for Indian shuttlers at the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament here on Wednesday.
A double Olympic medallist, Sindhu, defeated Denmark's Julie Dawall Jakobsen 21-15 21-18 in women's singles. But while London Olympics bronze medallist Saina, who had suffered a groin injury at Uber Cup final, retired after lagging 11-21 2-9 against Sayaka Takahashi of Japan.
Sindhu, seeded third, will have a face off with another Dane Line Christophersen next. Lakshya had a good day in office as he defeated Ireland's Nhat Nguyen 21-10 21-16 to set up a clash against Singapore's Loh Kean Yew next in men's singles.
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