Singapore, July 13 (UNI) Top Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, and Saina Nehwal sailed into the second round but Kidambi Srikanth suffered a shock defeat against compatriot Mithun Manjunath in the first round of the Singapore Open 2022, here on Wednesday.
Sindhu, seventh in the badminton world rankings, proved too strong for Belgium’s world No 36 Lianne Tan and won the women’s singles match 21-15, 21-1 in 29 minutes.
The two-time Olympic medallist took time to settle into the match. After the scores were tied at 7-all in the first game, the Indian shuttler, seeded third, found her footing and dominated the match from there on.
Sindhu will take on world No 59 Thuy Linh Nguyen of Vietnam in the second round of the BWF Super 500 badminton tournament on Thursday.
In the men’s singles, India’s Mithun Manjunath brought out his A-game against his higher-ranked compatriot Kidambi Srikanth to pull off a major 21-17, 15-21, 21-18 upset in the opening round contest, which lasted exactly an hour
