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Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag enter second round

The Asian Games gold medallists, who had skipped the Denmark Open super 750 last week, beat World No. 34 Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar 21-13, 21-13 in a lop-sided contest

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PV Sindhu; (right) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (left) and Chirag Shetty in France yesterday. Pic/Getty Images

PV Sindhu; (right) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (left) and Chirag Shetty in France yesterday. Pic/Getty Images

India’s PV Sindhu quelled a strong challenge from Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung to enter the women’s singles second round of the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament here on Tuesday.

Sindhu prevailed over Tunjung 12-21, 21-18, 21-15 after 69 minutes of intense contest. Earlier, newly-crowned World No. 1 pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the men’s doubles second round.

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