Indian badminton legend PV Sindhu started off with a win in the Malaysia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament. The 28-year-old Indian shuttler defeated Chinese player Bing Xiao by the set score of 21-13, 17-21, and 21-15 in the first round of the tournament. Similarly, Sai Praneeth started the tournament with a win. Sai gave a big upset to Tokyo Olympic semifinalist Kevin Corden Guatemala by scoring 21-8, and 21-9 in the first round.
In the second round of the tournament, PV Sindhu will face Indonesia’s granddaughter Kusuma Wardani and the winner of China’s Jing Yi Men. While Sai Praneeth will face China’s Li Shi Feng.
Sindhu’s ninth win in a head to head
After this win, the margin of defeat and win of both become 9-10. That is, there have been 19 matches so far has been played between them. Of these, the Indian star won 9 and the Chinese star won 10.
One-sided third game
The third and very important game of the match went to the PV Sindhu. Sindhu took a consistent lead in this game. However, in between, the Xiao made a comeback. But that was not enough. This game was won by Sindhu 21-15.
Chaines player dominated the second game
In the 2nd game, Xiao was a bit more aggressive. Initially, she was ahead 6-3 then 9-5. After that PV came back to level the score 13-13. But after that, Xiao got succeeded to win the game 21-17.
PV Sindhu lost the Malaysia Open after facing a defeat in the quarterfinals
At the same time, on Friday last week, in the quarter-final match of the Malaysia Open, world number one player Taiju Ying of Chinese Taipei had to face defeat. It was Sindhu’s sixth consecutive defeat to Ying. On the other hand, if Sindhu crosses the first hurdle at the Masters Open, she could face Taiju Ying in the quarter-finals.