Sindhu seals quarterfinal spot at Singapore Open

World number 6 P. V. Sindhu will face China’s Cai Yanyan in the quarterfinals of the Singapore Open.

It took P.V.Sindhu just 39 minutes to seal her progress to the quarterfinals.

Olympic silver medallist P. V. Sindhu advanced to the women’s singles quarterfinals of the USD 355,000 Singapore Open with a straight-game win over Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt here Thursday.

Fourth seed Sindhu took 39 minutes to get the better of world number 22 Mia 21-13, 21-19, her second straight win over the Danish girl who clinched the Spain Masters earlier this year.

World number 6 Sindhu will next face China’s Cai Yanyan, a BWF World Junior Championships bronze medallist.

While Sindhu led throughout the first game after opening up a 3-0 advantage, the Indian was locked in a tight battle with Mia in the second till 8-8 and was trailing 11-15 at one stage.

However, Sindhu managed to claw back 17-17 and then nosed ahead to seal the issue in her favour.