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Indonesians Muh Putra Erwiansyah: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and Thomas Cup bronze medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty prevailed in the Thailand Open, a BWF Super 500 badminton tournament, after their respective second wins here on Thursday.

World No. 12 Sindhu registered an easy straight-games 21-13, 21-15 win over Danish shuttler Amalie Schulz in a match that lasted for just 28 minutes.

This was Sindhu second straight game win in this tournament after the former world champion defeated Chinese Taipei’s Tung Ciou-Tong 21-9, 21-12 in the opening round match.