Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu defeated her American opponent of Indian origin Disha Gupta while Lakshya Sen began his men’s singles campaign with a win over Finland’s Kalle Koljonen at the US Open Super 300 badminton tournament at Iowa in the USA on Thursday (July 13).
Sindhu defeated Diksha 21-15, 21-12 in just 27 minutes to enter the second round, while the Commonwealth Games 2022 and Canada Open 2023 champion Lakshya beat his Finnish opponent 21-8, 21-16 in less than 30 minutes.
He will next face Jan Louda of Czech Republic in the second round.
In another men’s singles match, S Sankar Subramanian, who had entered the main draw of the tournament after two tough qualifying matches, defeated his Irish opponent Nhat Nguyen 21-11, 21-16 in the first round.
However, B Sai Praneeth lost to 23-year-old world No. 7 Chinese player Li Shi Feng after a tough match that lasted three games.
India’s 61-ranked player Ruthvika Shivani lost to Lin Hsiang Ti of Chinese-Taipei 14-21, 11-21 in a women’s singles match that lasted for just 27 minutes.
The BWF World Tour is divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, four Super 1000, six Super 750, seven Super 500, and 11 Super 300.