Text & Visuals by: Rajeev Bhatt
New Delhi, January 14: Former champion PV Sindhu brushed off the rustiness of a long competition break to register a straight games win over Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei came through hard-fought encounters to reach the second round of Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2025 badminton tournament at the KD Jadhav Hall here on Tuesday.
Sindhu, playing her first tournament after getting married in December last year, struggled with her rhythm during the 51-minute clash against an opponent who plays both singles and doubles but upped the tempo when required to win 21-14, 22-20, in the opening round of the HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750 event.
But the star attraction of the day was obviously Sindhu, who has been making a comeback of sorts on the BWF circuit after a long break since the Paris Olympics. She raced through the opening game and looked in control before she dropped four game points from 20-10.
The momentum stayed with Sung in the second game as the Taipei shuttler raced to a 4-11 lead. Sindhu then raised the tempo to close in at 13-13. Sung managed to keep pace and even earned a game point before the Indian turned things around to win.
“After a long break, it’s always difficult to find the rhythm but I am happy to have won the match in straight games. My shuttle was going midcourt in the second game but I was always confident that I could pull things off,” said the world no. 16, who will now face Japan’s Manami Suizu in the second round.
