Double Olympic medallist shuttler P.V. Sindhu made short work of Fatima Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq of Maldives to record a 21-9, 21-6 win in a women’s singles Group M match of the Paris Olympics at the La Chapelle Arena here on Sunday.
Living up to her reputation, Sindhu dispatched Fatima in 29 minutes to begin her third Olympics journey in style.
The Indian and her opponent were class apart and the scoreline reflected it.
Sindhu displayed her fine array of shots to leave Fatima bamboozoled. When she gave away some points because of her errors, at the line and the net, the wayward Maldives shuttler could not capitalise on it and lost the first game in 13 minutes.
The second game also continued in a similar way, as Fatima looked clueless against some of Sindhu’s shots, before the Indian completed the formalities.
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“It was a good start and I was getting used to the court, getting used to the atmosphere. Overall, the way I play has not changed, but there are some add-ons...initially I was a bit injured, so I was not moving really well on court. We worked on that, we worked on strokes, not only just net or defence, but I would say overall because when you come to a big tournament, you need to be at your 100 per cent in every stroke and every movement,” said Sindhu, who is being guided by the legendary Prakash Padukone.
Sindhu will play Estonia’s Kristin Kuuba in her next group engagement on Wednesday.
Prannoy eases past Roth
H.S. Prannoy got off to a winning start at the Paris Games after beating German Fabian Roth 21-18, 21-12 in their Group K men’s singles match on Sunday.
Prannoy will face Le Duc Phat of Vietnam in his second group stage match on July 31.
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