Sindhu enters quarters of All England Championship

TIL Desk Sports/ Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu progressed to the quarterfinals of the All England Championship with a hard-fought win over Thailand’s Nitchaon Jindapol in women’s singles, here. The world No. 3 Indian recovered from a mid-way slump to overcome the Thai shuttler 21-13 13-21 21-18 in a match which lasted an hour and seven minutes.

With 2013 champion Ratchanok Inthanon crashing out in the opening round, the onus was on Jindapol to go deep in the tournament and she did produce some superb strokes but Sindhu was always a step ahead.

“I definitely need to improve. I am happy to pull off a tough match. I hope I would go back , recover and come back stronger tomorrow. I am not thinking too much about the tournament. Most probably, it would be (Nozomi) Okuhura or the Indonesian, so lets see who I play,” Sindhu said after the match.

“She is not an easy player. She gave away easy points initially and after winning the first game, it was not easy as there were long rallies. She has got good strokes,” Sindhu added. Coming into the contest, Sindhu had a 2-1 head-to-head record against Jindapol, who is enjoying a career-best rank of 11.