Malaysia Open 2019: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth advance to second round; Saina Nehwal, HS Prannoy suffer early exit
FirstpostTop Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the second round of the Malaysian Open World Tour Super 750 tournament on Wednesday Kuala Lumpur: Top Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the second round but Saina Nehwal failed to cross the opening hurdle at the Malaysia Open World Tour Super 750 tournament on Wednesday. Olympic and world championship silver medallist Sindhu staved off a spirited challenge from World No 20 Aya Ohori 22-20 21-12 to record her sixth win over the Japanese, while India Open finalist Srikanth beat Indonesia’s Ihsan Maulana Mustofa 21-18 21-16 in 38 minutes. Men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, who had entered the semi-finals in India Open, also failed to cross the opening hurdle, going down 16-21 6-21 to seventh seeds Han Chengkai and Zhou Haodong of China. In the women’s singles match, World No 6 Sindhu fell back in the opening game after an initial 5-2 lead as Ohori jumped to a 12-7 advantage.