Badminton
Arctic Open 2026: PV Sindhu advances to quarterfinals; Tanvi, Tharun exit
Sindhu will face top-seeded Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand in the last 8 on Friday.
PV Sindhu is in quest to her sixth World Championship medal in New Delhi. (Photo credit: BAI)
Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu saw off Japan's Riko Gunji to advance to the quarterfinals of women's singles, but it was curtains for the Indian men's singles players at the Arctic Open Super 500 tournament in Finland on Thursday.
Sindhu, the 31-year-old from Hyderabad, who won the Japan Open Super 750 title in July, notched up a 21-15, 21-15 win over Riko Gunji of Japan in the second round.
The sixth-seeded Indian will face top seed and former world champion Ratchanok Inthanon from Thailand on Friday.
However, it was a disappointing outing for Tharun Mannepalli and Tanvi Sharma, who suffered straight-game defeats.
Second seed Christo Popov of France beat Mannepalli 21-14, 21-19, while Ratchanok defeated Tanvi 21-18, 21-7 in lop-sided contests.
Kidambi Srikanth, a former world No. 1, also bowed out in the opening round after losing 21-15, 15-21, 13-21 to Canada's Brian Yang.
Later in the day, the men's doubles pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy will face England's Oliver Butler and Samuel Jones.
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