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Arctic Open: PV Sindhu Advances As Indians Experience Mixed Results
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News18•06-10-2026, 23:00
Arctic Open: PV Sindhu Advances As Indians Experience Mixed Results
- •Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu eased past Canada's Wen Yu Zhang to reach the women's singles second round at the Arctic Open Super 500 tournament.
- •Tharun Mannepalli and Rounak Chouhan secured victories in the qualification rounds to advance to the men's singles main draw.
- •Malvika Bansod progressed to the main draw after defeating Taiwan's Sung Shuo Yun but later lost to Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour in the round of 32.
- •Unnati Hooda and Ashmita Chaliha fought valiantly in close matches but were eliminated in the opening rounds.
- •Other Indian shuttlers including Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj, and the doubles pairs Doddavarapu-Reddy and Bhatnagar-Mishra suffered early exits.
Key Questions Answered
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu advanced to the women's singles second round by defeating Canada's Wen Yu Zhang 21-8, 21-11 in just 28 minutes.
Tharun Mannepalli and Rounak Chouhan advanced to the men's singles main draw with wins during the tournament's qualification round.
Tharun Mannepalli defeated Belgium's second seed Julien Carraggi with a score of 21-12, 19-21, 21-13 to secure his spot in the main draw.
