Sindhu advances at All England Open Srikanth bows out
   Date :12-Mar-2020

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BIRMINGHAM :
 
INDIAN badminton star PV Sindhu made a confident start at the All England Open, beating American Beiwin Zhang in straight games, but Kidambi Srikanth bowed out with a first round defeat on Wednesday. The sixth seed and world number six Sindhu got the better of the American, ranked eight places below her, 21-14, 21-17 in 42 minutes.
 
The second game was a close affair with the two players locked at 16-16. Sindhu, however, won five points in a row after it became 17-all to clinch the issue. It was the 10th meeting between the two players with Sindhu improving the head-to-head record to 6-4. The last time they met was at the Korea Open where the American won in three sets. However, in the men’s singles, Srikanth lost in straight games to the Chinese world number five. The Indian lost 15-21, 16-21 in 43 minutes.