Sindhu, Sat-Chi, George enter quarterfinals of India Open badminton

PV Sindhu registered straight-game win while the men’s doubles combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty came back from a game down to move into the quarter-finals of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2025, a HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750 event, at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi here on Thursday.

Sindhu, a former champion who is playing only her second tournament since the Paris Olympics, hammered Japan’s Manami Suizu 21-15, 21-13.

Kiran George defeated Frenchman Alex Lanier 22-20, 21-13 in the men’s singles second round clash.

Later in the day, 2022 champions Satwik and Chirag had to regroup after losing the first game to beat Japan’s Kenya Mitsuhashi/Hiroki Okamura 20-22, 21-14, 21-16.

Among the other top players in the fray, last edition runners-up Lee Cheuk Yiu of Hong Kong had to save a match point in the decider against Toma Junior Popov before winning the one hour 16 minutes clash 14-21, 21-18, 22-20 to advance to the quarterfinals.

Important Results:

Men’s singles

7-Chou Tien Chen (Tpe) bt Lu Guang Zu (Chn) 21-15, 12-21, 21-13; Lee Cheuk Yiu (Hkg) bt Toma Junior Popov (Fra) 14-21, 21-18, 22-20; Kiran George (Ind) bt Alex Lanier (Fra) 22-20, 21-13; 3-Viktor Axelsen (Den) bt Jia Heng Jason (Sin) 21-11, 21-14

Women’s singles

1-An Se Young (Kor) bt Ratchnok Intanon (Tha) 21-15, 21-8; 7-Yeo Jin Min (Sgp) bt Wen Chi Hsu (Tpe) 21-12, 19-21, 21-19; 4-Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Ina) bt Natsuki Nidaira (Jpn) 21-12, 24-22; PV Sindhu (Ind) bt Manami Suizu (Jpn) 21-15, 21-13; 6-Tomoka Miyazaki (Jpn) bt Anupama Upadhyaya 21-6, 21-9

Men’s doubles

2-Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang (Chn) bt Ben Lane/Sean Vendy (Eng) 21-15, 24-22; Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (Mas) bt Xie Hao Nan/Zeng Wei Han (Chn) 21-10, 21-18; 7-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (Ind) bt Kenya Mitsuhashi/Hiroki Okamura (Jpn) 20-22, 21-14, 21-16

Women’s doubles

2-Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee (Kor) bt Rutuparna Panda/Swetaparna Panda (Ind) 21-6, 21-7; Yuki Fukushima/Mayu Matsumoto (Jpn) bt 7-Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto (Ind) 21-9, 23-21

Mixed doubles

4-Goh Soon Huat/Lai Shevon Jamie (Mas) bt Yuta Watanabe/Maya Taguchi (Jpn) 21-10, 19-21, 21-16; 8-Hiroki Midorikawa/Natsu Saito (Jpn) bt Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto (Ind) 21-18, 21-17; 5-Yang Po-Hsuan/Hu Ling Fang (Tpe) bt Ashith Surya/Amrutha Pramuthesh (Ind) 21-8, 21-11

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