BWF World Championships | Sindhu, Srikanth move into quarterfinals
The Hindu
Indian men’s and women’s doubles pairs bow out
Defending champion P.V. Sindhu stormed into the women’s quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships with a straight-game win over Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand here on Thursday. Also entering the last eight was K. Srikanth.
World No. 7 Sindhu defeated her Thai opponent, ranked three places below her, 21-14, 21-18 in 48 minutes.
With the win, Sindhu, seeded sixth in the showpiece tournament, extended her head-to-head record against Chochuwong to 5-3. Sindhu also avenged her twin losses to Chochuwong this season — group match of BWF World Tour Finals earlier this month and All England in March.
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