Bali: Ace Indian Shuttler PV Sindhu registered a brilliant victory from behind against Spain Clara Azurmendi to advance to the quarter-finals of the Badminton Masters Super 750 tournament here on Thursday.
Playing against the world No.
47 Azurmendi for the first time, Sindhu, the seeded third, it took 47 minutes to record 17-21 21-7 21-12 in the second round of women’s clash.
To the quarter-finals 🔥 @ pvsindhu1 entered the last 8 # indonesiamasters2021 after beating 🇪🇸 Clara Azurmen …
https://t.co/msmas6x1Bubu- Bai Media (@bai_media) 1637208069000 Two Olympic medals will now lock the horn with the world no 30 shuttler Turkey which is not seeded by Neslihan Yigit in the quarter-finals.
Sindhu has a 3-0 head-to-head record against Turkey.
However, it was curtains for Young Lakshya Sen on a Single Putra and a mixed double pair of Dhruv Kapila and N Sikki Reddy.
Lakshya is 20 years old, who has reached the semi-finals at Hylo Open Super 500 and the Dutch Open final recently, fell 13-21 19-21 to the top seed and two-time world champion Kento Momota in Japan clashes 46 minutes.
20 years @lakshya_sen fought bravely but could not forget the line as he fell 13-21, 19-21 against the world …
https://t.co/OGWI4J5KEQ- Bai Media (@bai_media) 1637211714000Kapila and Sikki, on on the side Others, losing a hard battle 15-21 23-21 18-21 battles to Duo Supak Jomkoh and Supissara Paewsampran in the second double-double match.
XD Pair @dhruvkapila / @sikkireddy struggled hard but fell short when they fell 15-21, 23-21, 18-21 against the supak …
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