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Badminton Asia C'ships: Sindhu Advances; Prannoy, Lakshya Crash Out In First Round
Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo: Two-time Olympic Games medallist PV Sindhu made a winning start in the Badminton Asia Championships 2025 with a 2-0 win over Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo of Indonesia in a first-round clash here on Wednesday.
Sindhu, who had lost to Julie Dawall Jakobsen of Denmark in the first round of the Swiss Open in her last outing, won the match 21-15, 21-19 in a 44-minute encounter.
Ranked 17th in the BWF World Rankings, Sindhu took a 4-1 lead in the first game but the Indonesian player fought back to narrow it to 6-5. Sindhu won three points in a row but then Ester levelled scores at 9-9. From thereon, the 27-year-old Sindhu took control of the game and went on to win the game 21-15.
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