Jakarta: Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth looked in fine fettle, easing into the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Masters badminton tournament with convincing wins over their respective opponents, here Thursday.
Sindhu, seeded second, defeated local favourite Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 23-21, 21-7 in 37 minutes while eighth seed Srikanth recorded a clinical 21-14, 21-9 win over Japan’s Asian Games bronze medallist Kenta Nishimoto.
Sindhu, who had to pull out all stops against former Olympic champion Li Xuerui in the opening match, faced stiff competition in the extended opening game against Tunjung. However, she completely dominated the second game to wrap up the match and extend her unbeaten record against Tunjung to 5-0.
Srikanth, who had lost to the Japanese in their last meeting but held a 3-1 overall edge, quickly erased a 2-5 deficit early on and never looked back after grabbing a 11-8 lead at the break in the opening game.
The Indian dominated the second game with an initial 6-0 lead which swelled to 18-8 after the break and he eventually wrap up lop-sided contest in half an hour.
PTI