Korea Open Super 500: Shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth sail into pre-quarterfinals

PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth

Top India shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth made impressive starts to their respective singles campaign, progressing to the pre-quarterfinals with straight game wins over their respective opponents at the Korea Open Super 500 on Wednesday.

Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, trounced USA's Lauren Lam 21-15, 21-14, while Srikanth saw off Malaysia's world no 35 Daren Liew 22-20 21-11 at the Palma Stadium.

Indian men's doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila also progressed to the second round. While Satwik and Chirag got the better of Korea's Tae Yang Shin and Wang Chan 21-16, 21-15, Arjun and Dhruv got a walkover from Korea's Ba Da Kim and Hee Young Park.

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