Paris, October 22
PV Sindhu entered the second round of the French Open badminton tournament after outclassing Canada's Michelle Li in straight games. Sindhu convincingly defeated her opponent 21-15 21-13 in the 44-minute affair.
Shuttler Subhankar Dey notched up an upset win over Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia to advance to the second round.
The world No. 42 Indian rallied to beat his world No. 17 opponent 15-21 21-14 21-17 in one hour and 18 minutes. This was Dey's second win over the Indonesian, a former world No. 3, this year as the Indian had won 14-21 22-20 21-11 in the India Open in March. Dey had lost to Sugiarto in the New Zealand Open last year. — PTI
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