Indonesia Open 2021: PV Sindhu reaches quarterfinals with easy win over Yvonne Lee of Germany

PV Sindhu reaches Indonesia Open quarterfinals India’s star shuttler PV Sindhu entered the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 2021 women’s singles event on Thursday after a comfortable win over Germany’s Yvonne Lee in a women’s singles second-round clash.

Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu, one of the favorites to win the tournament, was up against Yvonne Lee for the first time and yet she put on a remarkable performance to win the match 21-12, 21-18 in just 37 minutes. With this win, Sindhu entered the quarter-finals. Sindhu will now face the winner of the match between Sim Yu-jin of South Korea and Beatriz Corrales of Spain.

After the initial exchange in the first game, both the players played well but Sindhu took charge from the start of their match. During this, Sindhu maintained a two-point lead at 6-4 and won the first game 21-12. The world number 7 continued to dominate her opponent as she won seven consecutive points in the first set.

In the second game, Yvonne Lee showed some signs of recovery as she worked hard to get herself back in the game by getting close to Sindhu in terms of points. However, the 26-year-old from Hyderabad didn’t let her opponent gain any momentum and easily won her second game in the quarters of the Indonesia Open Super 1000.

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