Malaysia Masters: Sindhu and Saina marches into quarters

January 9, 2020

• World champion PV Sindhu and veteran Saina Nehwal registered comfortable wins to reach the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur while India’s men’s singles challenge came to an end.
• Nehwal defeated French Open champion An Se Young 25-23, 21-12 in a thrilling 39-minute encounter while Sindhu dispatched Japan’s Aya Ohori 21-10, 21-15 in 34 minutes.
• While the women stars were on a roll, it was the end of the road for the men’s singles shuttlers after HS Prannoy and Sameer Verma were knocked out despite fighting performances.

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