BIRMINGHAM: Indian badminton star
PV Sindhu made a confident start at the
All England Open
, beating American
Beiwen Zhang
in straight games on Wednesday.
The sixth seed and world number six Sindhu got the better of the American, ranked eight places below her, 21-14, 21-17 in 42 minutes.
The second game was a close affair with the two players locked at 16-16. Sindhu, however, won five points in a row to clinch the issue.
It was the 10th meeting between the two players with Sindhu improving the head-to-head record to 6-4. The last time they met was at the Korea Open where the American won in three sets.
Sindhu will now clash with Korean
Sung Ji Hyun
for a place in the quarterfinals.
The mixed doubles pair of
Pranaav Jerry Chopra and
N Sikki Reddy
lost 13-21, 21-11, 17-21 to top-seeded Chinese pair of Si Wei Zheng and Ya Qiong Huang.
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