Star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen entered the pre-quarterfinals of the Canada Open after registering straight-game wins over their respective rivals in the BWF World Tour Super 500 event here.
While Sindhu, seeded fourth, eased into the next round with an easy 21-16 21-9 win over Canada's Talia NG in her women's singles opening match, Sen had to dig deep to stun second seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand 21-18 21-15 in the men's singles event.
Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu will next play Japan's Natsuki Nidaira, while Sen will be up against Ygor Coelho of Brazil.
But it was curtains for B Sai Praneeth as he lost 12-21 17-21 against Coelho. Ruthvika Shivani Gadde also exited in the first round, losing 12-21 3-21 against Supanida Katethong of Thailand in the women's singles.Birthday girl PV Sindhu wins the first round of Canada Open 2023 as she defeats Talia Ng 21-16, 21-9.
Good win at the end for the Indian shuttler.#CanadaOpen2023 #CanadaOpenSuper500 #PVSindhu pic.twitter.com/QvmlSYSNY0— Pritish Raj (@befikramusafir) July 5, 2023
Lakshya Sen knocks OUT World No. 4 Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21-18, 21-15 in 1st round of #CanadaOpen2023 (BWF World Tour Super 500).➡️ Its 1st win in last 3 matches for Lakshya against Thai shuttler.➡️ Next Lakshya will take on WR 58 Ygor Coelho who defeated Sai Praneeth in R1. pic.twitter.com/HE9BMXWC08
— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) July 6, 2023
Sindhu, Sen and the men's doubles pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala will be seen in action later in the day. Krishna and Vishnuvardhan are up against the second-seeded Indonesian combination of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.
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