Macau, Nov 26:
Two-time defending champion P V Sindhu took another step towards retaining her women’s singles title by reaching the quarterfinals of the USD 120,000 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold here today.
Two-time bronze medallist at World Championship, Sindhu, seeded fifth, defeated Indonesia’s Lindaweni Fanetri 21-17 21-18 in a women’s singles match that lasted 46 minutes. The World No. 12 will next take on China’s Chen Yufei.
In the men’s singles, seventh seed H S Prannoy saw off China’s Qiao Bin 12-21 21-11 21-19 in a gruelling match that lasted an hour and five minutes. He will next play 16th seed Ihsan Maulana Mustofa of Indonesia.(PTI)
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