Canada Open: Sindhu, Sen in quarterfinals of Super 500 badminton tournament

Calgary. Two-time Olympic medalists P V Sindhu and Lakshya Sen advanced to the quarterfinals of the Canada Open Super 500 badminton tournament. Sindhu entered the last eight after her opponent Natsuki Nidaira of Japan gave her a walkover. And Sen defeated Vigor Coelho of Brazil by 21.00 in 31 minutes. 15, 21. beat 11. Sindhu will face 2022 Indonesia Masters champion Gao Fang Jie, who played a key role in China’s win at the Asia Mixed Team Championship earlier this year.

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Sen will take on Julien Karagy of Belgium. India’s Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala lost to world number 7 Indonesian pair of Mohd Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the pre-quarterfinals. 21, 11. Lost to 21.