22 May,2024 07:53 AM IST | Kuala Lumpur | A Correspondent
PV Sindhu
Returning from a break, two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu progressed to the women's singles second round with a straight-game win over Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament here on Wednesday.
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World No. 15 Sindhu notched up a 21-17, 21-16 win over Gilmour, who is ranked 22nd, in a match lasting 46 minutes. The fifth-seeded Indian will next face Korea's Sim Yu Jin.
In mixed doubles, B Sumeeth Reddy and N Sikki Reddy, World No. 53, also advanced to the second round after outlasting Hong Kong qualifiers Lui Chun Wai and Fu Chi Yan 21-15, 12-21, 21-17.
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