Tokyo: Ruling the world champion PV Sindhu opened the Olympic campaign with a direct match on the Ksenia Polycarpova Israel in the Juan Women’s match here on Sunday.
India is 26 years old, seeded sixth, beat Polycarpova 21-7 ranked 58th, 21-10 in the opening match of two sides.
The world number seven India will play next in the world of Hong Kong number 34 Cheung Ngan Yi in the group stage.
Rio Games Silver Medal Sindhu began on attacking notes but briefly found himself left behind 3-4.
However, he moved forward quickly with Polycarpova made a mistake that was not released and entered a break with Tin 11-5.
Immediately, Sindhu was rolling, reaching 13 straight points.
Indians use a straight reserve and cross the crushing court and fall to trouble Israel, which cannot take advantage of some opportunities that occur.
Sindhu sealed the first game that benefited it when Polikarpova missed a shot.
Polycarpova, who played with the lack of knees, continued to struggle with his punch when Sindhu opened a 9-3 advantage in the second match and then entered the mid-interval with a seven-point advantage.
It was a business as well after a break, with Sindhu riding his opponent’s mistake.
Another wide shot from Polycarpova gave Sindhu match points 13.
India wasted three of them before Polycarpova once again sent the shuttle out to end the match.
On Saturday, a double pair of Indian men’s Satwikaraj Ranking and Chirag Shetty surprised world number Duo Lee and Chi-Lin Wang from China Taipei in a thrilling match.
However, B Sai Praneeth endangers the qualification at the knockout stage after going down to the world number 47, Misha Zilberman of Israel, in the match of the group D singles male.
Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu made the initial win
