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Singapore Open 2024: PV Sindhu's strong performance, made it to the second round, Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen out
PV Sindhu, Singapore Open 2024: PV Sindhu has started the Singapore Open with a win as expected. The former champion entered the second round of the women's singles of the tournament on Wednesday. At the same time, Lakshya Sen was eliminated after losing to world number one Viktor Axelsen in the men's singles.
India's top shuttler PV Sindhu has entered the second round of the women's singles category of the Singapore Open BWF 750 badminton tournament with a brilliant win, while Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth were eliminated in the first round. Sindhu defeated world number 21 Line Kjaersfeldt 21-12, 22-20 in consecutive games. Sindhu took a 4-3 lead and then extended it to win the first game 21-12.
Towards the end of the second game, things got exciting. By forcing errors from Sindhu, the Danish player took a 19–16 lead. Olympic medallist Sindhu twice fought back to win the game and the match 22–20 after saving four game points.
In a three-game match, world No. 1 and reigning Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen defeated Lakshya Sen 13-21, 21-16, 13-21. Previously, Srikanth was eliminated following a 14-21, 3-11 loss to Kodai Naraoka of Japan. A second-game injury forced Srikanth to retire. It is currently unknown how serious Srikanth's injury is.
