TOKYO : Reigning world champion P V Sindhu opened her Olympic campaign with an easy straight-game win over Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova in the women's singles group J match here on Sunday. The world number seven Indian will next play Hong Kong's world number 34 Cheung Ngan Yi in the group stage. Soon, Sindhu was on a roll, grabbing 13 straight points. Another wide shot from Polikarpova gave Sindhu 13 match points. However, B Sai Praneeth jeopardised his qualification to the knockout stage after going down to world number 47, Misha Zilberman of Israel, in a men's singles group D match.

Source: Mint July 25, 2021 02:15 UTC