Thailand Open: PV Sindhu, Srikanth Make Impressive Starts, Ease Into Second Round

Ace Indian men's shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Tuesday continued Indian badminton's winning momentum at the Toyota Thailand Open as he entered the second round defeating Thailand's Sitthikom Thammasin in straight games. In women's singles, world champion PV Sindhu cruised into the second round after registering a comfortable win over local Busanan Ongbamrungphan.

In men’s singles, former world no.1 Srikanth, who had withdrawn ahead of the second round last week due to a calf muscle pull, seemed to have recovered completely as he decimated another Thai player Sitthikom Thammasin 21-11 21-11 in 37 minutes. 

Sindhu defeated Ongbamrungphan 21-17, 21-13 in a match that lasted for 43 minutes and entered the next round of the $1,000,000 tournament.