Defending champion P.V. Sindhu reached the pre-quarterfinals of the Macau Grand Prix Gold in women’s singles while H.S. Prannoy and B. Sai Praneeth too tasted victories in men’s singles as Indian shuttlers had a good day in office, in Macau on Wednesday.
World No. 10 Sindhu took a little less than half an hour to dispose off Chinese Taipei’s Hung Shih Han 21-19 21-15 in a women’s singles match.
The second-seeded Indian had beaten Han in a trilling contest during the 2011 Vietnam Grand Prix Open. Sindhu will next take on Indonesia’s Lindaweni Fanetri on Thursday.
H.S. Prannoy and B Sai Praneeth also entered the last-16 with contrasting victories at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion.
Third seed Prannoy, who had won the Indonesian Masters in September this year, thrashed Indonesia’s Andre Marteen 21-18 21-16 in a men’s singles match, while eighth seed Praneeth got the better off Singapore’s Ronald Susilo 21-15 21-18 in a 30-minute match.
Prannoy will take on Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu Hsien, while Praneeth face Indonesia’s Sony Dwi Kuncoro on Thursday.
However, it was curtains for P C Thulasi as the Indian women shuttler suffered a 12-21 17-21 loss to Hsu Ya Ching of Chinese Taipei in a 34-minute contest.
