Star Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Lakshya Sen notched up straight game wins to progress to the women`s and men`s singles quarterfinals of the US Open Super 300 badminton tournament here.
Double Olympic medallist Sindhu, seeded third, defeated Korea`s Sung Shuo Yun 21-14 21-12. Fresh from his Canada Open Super 500 title last week, Sen beat Czech Republic`s Jan Louda 21-8 23-21 in 39 minutes.
Sindhu will face China`s Gao Fang Jie next, while it will be an all-Indian clash in men`s singles when third seed Sen takes on promising 19-year-old S Sankar Muthusamy from Chennai.
It has been an impressive run for the 2022 World Junior Championships silver medalist who registered a fighting 21-18 21-23 21-13 win over Israel`s Misha Zilberman.
Sindhu didn`t break much sweat against Sung, who couldn`t pose any real challenge to the Indian during the match. Sindhu jumped to a 7-2 lead early on before extending it to 13-5.
Sung managed to narrow down the deficit to 11-14 but Sindhu dashed any hope of a comeback, keeping a grip on the rallies to eventually earn the bragging rights.
After the change of sides, Sung started to match up to the Indian initially as she had a slender 5-3 lead but it soon evaporated with Sindhu breaking off from 7-7 to march ahead.
At the interval, Sindhu had a 11-8 lead and she kept moving ahead as Sung crumbled. From 16-12, Sindhu reeled off the remaining points without much ado.
Sen too blazed his way to a 6-1 lead and then jumped to 17-5 in a jiffy to take it away from his opponent in the opening game. The 39-year-old Czech, however, made a remarkable comeback in the second game, making life tough for Sen.
Jan was 8-5 up and also held a 19-14 advantage, giving hope for a reversal but Sen scripted a sensational recovery with five points to claw back at 19-19. Sen then saved a game point to close out the match after some tight rallies.
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