Sindhu, Prannoy advance to second spherical of Singapore Open-OxBig News Network

A file picture of India’s PV Sindhu
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Two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu and H.S. Prannoy moved to the second spherical of the Singapore Open Super 750 match with contrasting victories in Singapore on Tuesday (May 27, 2025).

Sindhu made gentle work of Canada’s Wen Yu Zhang to notch a 21-14, 21-9 win in simply 31 minutes.

A far harder problem awaits the previous world champion within the subsequent spherical, the place she’s going to face Tokyo Olympic gold medallist and present world No.5 Chen Yu Fei of China.

World No. 34 Prannoy, in the meantime, needed to dig deep for his win. The 32-year-old battled previous Denmark’s higher-ranked Rasmus Gemke, combating again from a sport all the way down to triumph 19-21, 21-16, 21-14. He will lock horns with France’s Christov Popov within the spherical of 16.

However, it was a disappointing day for the remainder of the Indian contingent with Malvika Bansod, Anmol Kharb, Priyanshu Rajawat, and Kiran George all crashing out after struggling defeats of their respective opening spherical singles matches.

Malvika and Priyanshu each let slip a one-game lead.

Malvika misplaced 21-14, 18-21, 11-21 to Thailand’s eighth seed Supanida Katethong, whereas Priyanshu fell 21-14, 10-21, 14-21 to seventh-seeded Japanese shuttler Kodai Naraoka in a match that lasted over an hour.

Anmol was outclassed by Chen. The Indian confirmed grit within the second sport earlier than taking place 11-21, 22-24.

George, who reached the India Open quarterfinal earlier this 12 months, was defeated by China’s Weng Hong Yang 19-21, 17-21, whereas R. Santhosh Ramraj misplaced his males’s singles opener 14-21, 8-21 to South Korea’s Kim Ga Eun.

In blended doubles, the Indian pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto have been crushed 18-21, 13-21 by China’s Cheng Xing and Zhang Chi.

Ashith Surya and Amrutha Parmuthesh additionally bowed out, dropping 11-21, 17-21 to Japan’s Yuichi Shimogami and Sayaka Hobara.

The girls’s doubles duo of Kavipriya Selvam and Simran Singh was no match for Korea’s Baek Ha Na and Lee So Hee, taking place 4-21 9-21.