Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu sailed into the quarterfinals of the women’s singles at the 83rd Senior National Badminton Championship in Guwahati on Thursday.
She defeated Malvika Bansod of Nagpur 21-11, 21-13 in the pre-quarterfinals.
Sindhu along with 6 other women shuttlers were given direct entry in the singles pre-quarterfinals after a super draw was conducted last night.
Top seed Sameer Verma, playing the next match at the Assam Badminton Academy courts, conceded a men’s singles encounter against Aryamann Tandon midway at 21-16, 1-8 after aggravating a achilles heel problem.
Three other pre-quarterfinals involving Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap and B Sai Praneeth, were rescheduled to the evening session after Saina Nehwal refused to play due to the uneven surface of the court.
In men’s doubles, top seeds Arjun MR and Shlok Ramchandran and the pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Chirag Shetty entered the semi-finals.
Also entering the semi-finals were the duo of Arun George and Sanyam Shukla and the pair of Krishna Prasad G and Dhruv Kapila.