Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu overcame World No. 6 Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan to make a promising start to her campaign at the China Open Super 1000 badminton tournament here on Wednesday.

Sindhu, a former world champion, prevailed 21-15, 8-21, 21-17 over the 2022 world junior champion Miyazaki in 62 minutes.

“It was a much-awaited win for me. The first round was very important for me to cross. It was three games [contest] and even in the third set, it was important for me to take the lead from the beginning because one side was very disadvantaged,” Sindhu said.