Indian shuttler PV Sindhu survived a scare before beating unheralded compatriot Ira Sharma in three matches to enter the women's singles quarter-finals at the Syed Modi International Super 300 badminton tournament in Lucknow on Thursday. Sharma, ranked 147th in the world against Sindhu's 18th, stretched the second-round match to the decider after winning the second game. Top seed Sindhu, a two-time Olympic silver medalist, recovered in time to bag the decider and win the match 21-10 12-21 21-15 in 49 minutes.
The 29-year-old Sindhu has been struggling for some time and she last won a title at the Singapore Open in 2022.
In the quarter-finals she faces China's Dai Wang, ranked 118th in the world. Wang defeated Devika Sihag of India 19-21 21-18 21-11 in another second round match.
Unlike Sindhu, top seed Lakshya Sen easily won his men's singles match in the second round against Daniil Du Bovenko of Israel 21-14 21-13 in just 35 minutes, also booking a place in the quarter-finals.
Sen meets compatriot Meiraba Luwang in the quarter-finals. Meiraba was a 21-15 21-13 winner against sixth seed Nhat Nguyen of Ireland.
In other men's singles matches, Ayush Shetty defeated Hoh Justin of Malaysia 21-12 21-19 to advance to the quarter-finals, while third seed Kiran George suffered a 21-19 20-22 11-21 defeat to Shogo Ogawa of Japan.
Second seed Priyanshu Rajawat of India also reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles after beating Vietnam's Le Duc Phat 21-15 21-8.
In the women's singles, 17-year-old Unnati Hooda of India, who was unseeded in the tournament, defeated fourth seed Pornpicha Choeikeewong of Thailand 21-18 22-20 in 46 minutes to enter the last eight stage.
However, second-seeded Indian Malvika Bansod lost to 17-year-old compatriot Shriyanshi Valishetty 12-21 15-21. Former junior world number 1 Tasnim Mir also advanced to the quarter-finals after beating Anupama Upadhyaya 21-15 13-21 21-7.
Other results: Men's doubles: Ishaan Bhatnagar-Sankar Prasad Udayakumar (received a walkover) vs Cui He Chen-Peng Jian Qin (CHN).
Hariharan Amsakarunan-Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi defeated Pharanyu Kaosamaang (THA)-Tanadon Punpanich (THA) 21-18, 21-17.
Prakash Raj-Gouse Shaik lost to Kittinupong Kedren-Dechapol Puavaranukroh (THA) 13-21, 8-21.
Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy-Sai Pratheek K defeated Chen Xu Jun-Guo Ruo Han (CHN) 21-14 22-20.
Women's doubles: Rutaparna Panda-Swetaparna Panda defeated Dhanyaa Nandakumar-Arul Bala Radhakrishnan 21-15 21-10.
Priya Konjengbam-Shruti Mishra defeated Kavipriya Selvam-Simran Singhi 21-15, 21-12.
Gayatri Rawat-Mansa Rawat lost to Go Pei Kee-Teoh Mei Xing (MAS) 7-21 14-21.
Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand defeated Ashwini Bhat K-Shikha Gautam 21-13 21-10.
Mixed doubles: Rohan Kapoor-Gadde Ruthvika Shivani lost to Liao Pin Yi-Huang Ke Xin (CHN) 18-21 19-21.
Vishnu Sreekumar-Aparna Balan lost to Zhou Zhi Hong-Yang Jia Yi (CHN) 11-21 12-21.
Deep Rambhiya-Simran Singhi lost to Rory Easton-Lizzie Tolman (ENG) 18-21 12-21.
B Sumeeth Reddy-N Sikki Reddy lost to Loo Bing Kun-Ho Lo Ee (MAS) 21-19 16-21 13-21.
Sathish Kumar Karunakaran-Aadya Variyath defeated Chayanit Joshi-Kavya Gupta 21-18, 21-17.
Gouse Shaik-Maneesha K lost to Wong Tien Ci-Lim Chiew Sien (MAS) 16-21 18-21.
Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto defeated Mohit Jaglan-Lakshita Jaglan 21-7 21-13.
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