Madrid Masters: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth clear first round

Double
Olympic
medallist
and
former
world
champion
Sindhu
made
short
work
of
Switzerland’s
Jenjira
Stadelmann
21-10,
21-4.
World
Championship
silver
medallist
Srikanth
defeated
Sitthikom
Thammassin
of
Thailand
21-11,
25-27,
23-21
in
his
round
of
32
match.

The
Indian
duo
of
Satwiksairaj
and
Chirag
were
up
against
Japanese
pair
Ayato
Endo
and
Yuta
Takei,
only
three
days
after
winning
a
historic
Swiss
Open
title,
in
their
round
of
32
match.

The
Indian
pair
withdrew
following
what
looked
like
a
knee
injury
to
Satwiksairaj
who
was
seen
speaking
to
the
officials
and
drawing
their
attention
to
his
left
knee.
It
was
during
the
break
of
the
first
game
and
the
Indians
were
trailing
9-11.

Meanwhile,
Aakarshi
Kashyap
defeated
sixth
seed
Michelle
Li
of
Canada
12-21,
21-15,
21-18
in
her
first
round
match.
Ashmita
Chaliha
beat
Frenchwoman
Leonice
Huet
21-12,
22-20.
The
women’s
doubles
pair
of
Treesa
Jolly
and
Gayatri
Gopichand
lost
their
first
round
contest
against
Japan’s
Rena
Miyaura
and
Ayako
Sakuramoto.

In
another
men’s
singles
match,
B
Sai
Praneeth
beat
Jan
Louda
21-16,
18-21,
21-12.
Priyanshu
Rajawat
won
his
men’s
singles
match
against
Victor
Svendsen
18-21,
21-16,
21-11.
Kiran
George
beat
compatriot
Mithun
Manjunath
21-16,
21-14.

With
inputs
from
PTI