Olympics: Sindhu And Sen March Into Pre-Quarterfinals With Dominant Wins

Sen May Face Hs Prannoy In An All-Indian Contest

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Indian badminton heavyweights PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s and men’s singles events, respectively, with dominant wins at the Paris Olympics here on Wednesday.

Chasing an unprecedented third Olympic medal, Sindhu did not have to toil much before getting past Kristin Kuuba of Estonia 21-5 21-10 in her second and last Group M match, while Sen was simply sensational in his 21-18 21-12 thrashing of Indonesia’s world number 4 Jonatan Christie, the reigning All England and Asian champion.

“I think it was a tough match today, happy with the way I played,” world number 22 Sen said.

“Yes, definitely (gold is in sight). I think the last few months the form has been really good.

“There has been ups and downs, but overall, I was in good shape in the last few months, and especially while playing here in the French Open, I found my momentum and from.