Sindhu advances; Prannoy, Sen exit from Badminton Asia Championships

P V Sindhu had an easy victory, while ace men’s singles duo of H S Prannoy and Lakshya Sen bowed out of the Badminton Asia Championships at Ningbo, China on Wednesday. Sindhu defeated Indonesia’s Ester Nurumi Wardoyo 21-15, 21-19 in 44 minutes.

Sen lost to Lee Chia Hao of Chinese Taipei, 18-21, 10-21 and Prannoy lost to Zu Guang Lu of China, 16-21, 21-12, 11-21 to exit the championship.

There was some good news for Kerala as Kiran George advanced to the pre-quarterfinals with a 21-16, 21-8 win over Kazakhstan’s Dmitriy Panarin.

Double Olympic medallist Sindhu will be up against world number four Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the pre-quarterfinals to be played on Thursday.