Indian ace shuttle PV Sindhu has been sidelined from action for a few weeks following a confirmed niggle in her left knee after she had retired mid-match in French Open Round 2 game against Thailand's Supanida Katethong last week. Sindhu said that she has been advised rest and will come back firing.
The 3rd seed Indian scripted a convincing 21-14, 21-14 win over eighth seeded Busanan Ongbamrungphan in 38 minutes to extend her dominating head-to-head record against the Thai to 14-1.
Sindhu, seeded third, prevailed 21-19 21-9 over Christophersen, ranked 24th in the world, in 37 minutes late Thursday night.
PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen sailed into the second round but it was curtains for Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth on a mixed day for Indian shuttlers at the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament.
The Indian duo had broken into the top 10 for the first time in August following its historic triumph at the Thailand Open BWF Super Tour 500 event.
Despite the loss, the duo's effort is commendable as this is the first time an Indian men's doubles pair has reached a World Tour 750 final.
Saina looked in good touch initially but couldn't match the pace of Tzu Ying, later on, to squander four-game points and lose the opening game.
Srikanth showed great determination to outwit Korea's world No 25 Lee Dong Keun 12-21, 21-16, 21-18 in a second-round clash that clocked an hour and 13 minutes.
World No. 10 Saina will face either 2017 world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan or Spain's Beatriz Corrales next. Fifth-seeded Srikanth will meet Korean Lee Dong Keun.
Paris, Oct 28 : Olympics Bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal failed to clinch back-to-back title as she suffered a shock straight-game defeat to Japanese Minatsu Mitani in the summit clash of the French Open Super
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