Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, July 7: Indian shuttler and two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu cruised to the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Masters with a facile straight-game win over China’s Zhang Yi Man on Thursday.
Sindhu seeded seventh, defeated world number 32 Yi Man in the women’s singles second round match in just 28 minutes, defeating her 21-12, 21-10.
The former world champion, who is now ranked seventh overall, will face Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying in the round of eight, which will be a challenging matchup for her. The world No. 2, who also defeated the Indian in the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open last week, and Sindhu have a terrible 5-16 head-to-head record.
Meanwhile, B Sai Praneeth lost two games to Li She Feng of China in the men’s singles match, 14-21 and 17-21, in 42 minutes. HS Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap will take the court later in the day.
