Australian Open: India's Sindhu, Srikanth storm into quarterfinals with easy wins

Sydney (Australia), Aug 3 (IANS) India's two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu and former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth advanced into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open badminton championship, winning their respective second-round matches in straight games.

Sindhu, who won a silver medal in the Rio Olympic Games in 2016 and a bronze in Tokyo 2020, defeated compatriot Aakarshi Kashyap 21-14, 21-10 in a 29-minute encounter.

Srikanth registered an equally comprehensive victory, beating Su Li Yang of Chinese Taipei 21-10, 21-17 in a second-round match in Court 3 at the Quaycentre in the BWF World Tour Super 500 event.

This was Sindhu's first clash with Aakarshi and the more experienced player held the upper hand throughout the match, pressing home her advantage for a comfortable win. Sindhu, seeded fifth in the event, will next face fourth seed Beiwen Zhang of Malaysia, who reached the last-eight stage with a hard-fought 19-21, 21-10, 21-12 win against Huang Yu-Hsun in a second-round clash.

Indian badminton ace #PVSindhu advanced into the second round of the #AustraliaOpen after registering wins in their respective singles matches at the State Sports Centre.

Sindhu defeated compatriot #AshmitaChaliha 21-18, 21-13 to make the women's singles round of 16.… pic.twitter.com/mzjymP9gfK

— IANS (@ians_india) August 2, 2023

Srikanth, who defeated Japan's Kenta Nishimoto 21-18, 21-7 in the first round, will meet the winner of the match between India's Priyanshu Rajawat and Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei.

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