PV Sindhu Makes Winning Start; Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy Exit From Badminton Asia Championships
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu made a winning start to the Badminton Asia Championships with a straight-game win over Ester Nurumi Wardoyo of Indonesia in the women's singles while Lakshya Sen made an early exit from the men's singles draw in Ningbo, China on Wednesday. The 29-year-old world number 17 Sindhu won 21-15 21-19 in 44 minutes against 19-year-old Wardoyo, ranked 36th. Sindhu will be up against world number four and third seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the pre-quarterfinals on Thursday.


