Internet Desk: India’s star shuttler and Rio Olympics silver medalist P V Sindhu will face Olympic champion Carolina Marin in a mouth-watering quarterfinal of the USD 350,000 Singapore Super Series after posting hard-fought victory in the women’s singles on Friday.
Rio Olympic silver medalist, Sindhu, who clinched the India Open earlier this month, had to toil hard before prevailing 19-21 21-17 21-8 over Indonesian World No. 27 Fitriani in a match that lasted an hour at Singapore Indoor Stadium.
In men’s section Praneeth, who reached the finals at Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold in January, produced a gritty performance to see off China’s Qiao Bin 21-15 21-23 21-16 in an hour and 12 minutes.
The World No. 30 Indian Praneeth will clash with eighth seeded Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand next.
B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, who reached the finals at Lucknow in January, eked out a thrilling 17-21 21-17 21-16 win over Korean pair of Jae Hwan Kim and Lee So Hee to also reach the quarterfinals.
The Indian pair will take on third seeded Chinese combo of Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong.
With inputs from PTI.