India's ace shuttler PV Sindhu had to fight hard to get the better of unseeded Aya Ohorio of Japan to move into the quarterfinals of Japan Open badminton tournament on Thursday. Sindhu beat the Japanese 11-21, 21-10, 21-13 in 61 minutes.
Meanwhile, B Sai Praneeth too sailed past another local shuttler, Kanta Tsuneyama, 21-13 21-16 in a men's singles encounter to move into the quarterfinals. The match lasted for 45 minutes.
However, HS Prannoy, who had knocked out compatriot Kidambi Srikanth in the opening round, crashed out of the men's singles event after going down to Rasmus Gemke of Denmark 9-21 15-21 in the second round.
Sindhu in Quarters!
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) July 25, 2019
8⃣th straight win against Aya
Ohori of 🇯🇵. The top 🇮🇳 shuttler made a strong come back in the 2nd game to wrap the match 11-21,21-10,21-13. #IndiaontheRise pic.twitter.com/bggYzQBrIu
Pusarla 🇮🇳 finds her momentum defeating Ohori 🇯🇵 in a three-game match 🏸#HSBCBWFbadminton #HSBCRaceToGuangzhou pic.twitter.com/FeIgf3lYin
— BWF (@bwfmedia) July 25, 2019
