Jakarta, June 8: Top Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen recorded contrasting victories to make a positive start to their respective women’s and men’s singles campaign at the USD 360,000 Indonesia Masters Super 500 tournament here on Wednesday.
While world championship bronze medallist Sen, seeded seventh, outwitted Denmark’s Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus 21-10 21-18, two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu had to toil hard to get the better off Line Christophersen of Denmark 18-21 21-15 21-11 in a 51-minute match.
Sen will face Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke next, while Sindhu plays Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung.
In other results, Aakarshi Kashyap went down 12-21 11-21 to USA’s Beiwen Zhang in under 30 minutes to bow out of the competition.
On a comeback trail after recovering from an injury, Sameer Verma couldn’t put his best foot forward, losing 17-21 15-21 to Indonesia’s Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo.
The mixed pairing of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto produced a gallant fight before losing 14-21 21-16 12-21 to fourth seeds Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva Oktavianti of Indonesia in the opening round.
Sindhu, a former world champion, came into the decider, pushing the shuttle at the baseline. She moved to 11 match points with a precise return at the back and sealed it when Line went to net again. (PTI)
