Sindhu, Satchi win opening round games at Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2025

Former champion PV Sindhu faced a grind before registering a straight-game win over Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei while late entrant Kiran George, men’s doubles combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and mixed doubles pairing of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto came through hard-fought encounters to reach the second round of Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2025 badminton tournament at the KD Jadhav Hall at Indira Gandhi Arena in New Delhi here on Tuesday.

Sindhu, playing her first tournament after getting married in December last year, struggled with her rhythm during the 51-minute clash against an opponent who plays both singles and doubles but upped the tempo when required to win 21-14, 22-20, while Kiran missed three match points and saved three himself before beating Japan’s Yushi Tanaka 21-19, 14-21, 27-25 in an hour and 11 minutes in the opening round of the HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750 event.

Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto in action

In the paired events, Satwik and Chirag overcame stiff challenge from Malaysia’s Wei Chong Man and Kai Wun Tee 23-21, 19-21, 21-16 in men’s doubles opening round, mixed doubles combination of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto fought back from a game down to beat Chen Cheng Kuan of Hsu Yin-Hui Chinese Taipei 8-21, 21-19, 21-17 while fifth seeded women’s doubles combination of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand went down 21-23, 19-21 against Japan’s Arisa Igarashi Ayako Sakuramoto in the opening round.

In the only other upset of the day in the morning session, Leong Jun Hao of Malaysia packed off Chinese fifth seed Li Shi Feng 18-21, 21-17, 21-17. In women’s singles, seventh seed 7-Yeo Jia Min of Singapore saved two match points in the second game to beat Vietnam’s Thuy Linh Nguyen 19-21, 22-20, 21-5.

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