Tokyo Games 2020: P.V. Sindhu makes winning start

Reigning world champion P.V. Sindhu opened her Olympic campaign with an easy straight-game win over Israel’s Ksenia Polikarpova in the Women’s Singles Group J match on Sunday. The 26-year-old Indian, seeded sixth, beat the 58th ranked Polikarpova 21-7 21-10 in a lop-sided opening match. The World No. 7 Indian will next play Hong Kong’s World No. 34 Cheung Ngan Yi in the Group Stage.

This post was published on July 25, 2021 5:00 pm