New Delhi: India's star women's badminton player PV Sindhu, who is looking for her first title after winning a medal in Tokyo Olympics-2020, has made it to the quarterfinals of the ongoing French Open in Paris. Sindhu defeated Denmark's Line Christopherson in straight games in the second round of the women's singles category of the tournament to advance to the quarterfinals of the French Open badminton tournament. Third rank Sindhu defeated 24th-ranked Christopherson 21-19, 21-9 in a match played late on Thursday night. This match lasted 37 minutes.
Defending world champion Sindhu will take on Thailand's eighth ranker Busanan Ongbamrungfan in the quarterfinals. She defeated Busanan at the Denmark Open last week. The fifth-rank men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating compatriots MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila 15-21, 21-10, 21-19. The Indian duo will now take on the fourth-ranks Malaysian pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.
On the other hand, India has suffered disappointment in the men's singles category though. In this category, Saurabh Verma crashed out of the tournament after losing 12-21, 9-21 to Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in the second round. Young Lakshya Sen had entered the third round on Thursday with an easy win over Singapore's Loh Keen Yew.
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