This is sixth seed PV Sindhu’s fifth win in eight matches against Pornpawee, while she has lost thrice. Along with this, Sindhu also avenged two losses in the current season against Pornpawee.
Huelva (Spain). Defending champion PV Sindhu stormed into the women’s singles quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships badminton tournament by defeating Thailand’s Pornpawee Chochuwong in straight games on Thursday. The world No. 7 Indian defeated the No. 10 Thailand player 21-14 21-18 in a 48-minute pre-quarterfinal match.
This is sixth seed Sindhu’s fifth win in eight matches against Pornpawee, while she has lost thrice. Along with this, Sindhu also avenged two losses in the current season against Pornpawee. Earlier this month, Pornpawee had also defeated Sindhu at the All England Championships in March before defeating Sindhu in a group match of the BWF World Tour Finals.
Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medalist, will take on top seed and world number one Tai Chu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the quarter-finals, who showed her way out of Scotland’s Christy Gilmore 21-10 19-21 21-11. Sindhu made a good start and soon took a 5-1 lead but Pornpawee reduced the score to 4-5. Sindhu then showed a better game by scoring 15-10 and then 19-11 to win the first game easily.
The second game saw a tough fight but Sindhu started well to take a 3-0 lead and was ahead 11-6 till the break. After this, many long rallies were seen in which the player of Thailand scored many points. Sindhu was ahead 16-10 but Pornpawi returned to make the score 18-19. Sindhu scored 20-18 after collecting points after a long rally and then won the next point and won the game and the match.
Sindhu, who got a bye in the first round, defeated Slovakia’s Martina Repiska 21-7 21-9 in the second round on Tuesday.
