The 22-year-old Sindhu led the Indian women’s team from the front to notch a crucial win at the Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim in Alor Setar, Malaysia. They will take on Japan in their second and final group match on Thursday for a place in the quarterfinals. READ | India get easy draw in mixed badminton team event of Commonwealth Games 2018With London Olympics bronze medallist World No.10 Saina Nehwal pulling out of the tournament, citing a groin injury, the burden to carry India forward fell on three-time World Championships medallist Sindhu. After Sindhu’s victory under pressure, it eventually boiled down to the third and final women’s singles match between India’s Ruthvika Shivani Gadde and Hong Kong’s Yeung Sum Yee. Srikanth, Sai Praneeth and Verma won their singles matches while Manu Attri/B Sumeeth Reddy and MR Arjun/Shlok Ramchandran won the doubles ties.

Source: Hindustan Times February 06, 2018 09:28 UTC