PV Sindhu proceeded in the second round of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament in Jakarta on Tuesday, defeated long-standing rival Noseomi Okuhara in a fierce three-set match, while Laxman Sen and HS Paranoy exited the tournament after their first round of losses.Sindhu, the two-time Olympic medalist, Okuhara was over 22–20, 21–23, 21–15 in an intensive battle lasting one hour and 19 minutes.Sindhu said after her victory, “It is important to win the first win as it definitely gives me confidence and also promotes to go in the next round. I am losing in the latest round, so it was very useful and important for me to win matches like these.”Sen, 2021 World Championship Bronze medal winner, shows remarkable flexibility, but finally in the 65-minute competition, China fell in the World No. Two Shiu Shi-two Shi-two Shi-two Shi-2 Shi of 11-21, 22-20, 15-21.23-year-old Sen, returning from a back injury, showed great determination when he was 11–17 behind in the second game, returning to win 22–20 and forced a judge.
HS Paranoy, 2023 World Championship Bronze medalist, Alvi Farhan of Indonesia lost 17-21, 18-21 in its opening match of USD 1,450,000 tournament.Both former world champions, Indus and Okuhara have recently fought, the best result of Sindhu this season is a quarterfinal finish in India Open in January.In the first game, Sindhu Edge looked at Okuhara 22–20, saving a game point with shots deciding in important moments.In the second game, despite gaining an early lead, Sindhu found herself back 7–11 at mid-back intervals before fighting back to score two matches points.Quiz: Who is that IPL player?“It is always good to play with him, obviously it’s not easy, but at the same time I would have finished it in two sets, but I should have been a little more alert because I had two matches points. At the same time, the mid-court smash and when I found it high, I just played safely, “Sindhu reflected.“The veins are always there, I need to play safely or I need to get the points, but I think my coach was in my mind till the third game. It was okay, let it go, but I think I was doing it in my mind until I was going to four points, but then I was as if I knew that I needed to go.”The decisive game saw that Sindhu took a 11–9 lead over a break before winning with a series of winners, converting the point of his fifth match.Jeet improved Sindhu’s head-to-head record against Okuhara by 11–9, which changed the 2017 World Championship defeat.
,If you now see that the female circuit is more like you know those long rallies, then the attack and defense have become very strong as it was as if we were mostly attacking and then you know that it was all like a fast -paced game, “Sindhu saw about the development of the game.“After India’s opening, it has been a bit of conflict. It is a thick patch for the last couple of the Games, but I can see that there is a little improvement like the previous tournament. You need to try patiently so that you get that rhythm.Sindhu will face Thailand’s sixth seed Pornpavi Chochivong in the next round.In other women’s singles matches, Malvika Bansod retired against Indonesia’s daughter Kusuma Wardani with a 21–16, 16–15 lead due to a knee injury.Anupama Upadhyay lost to Kim Ga Yun of Korea 15-21, 9-21, while Rakshitha Ramraj was defeated by Supanida 21-14, 15-21, 12-21 of Thailand.
