GUWAHATI: Two-time champion PV Sindhu began her quest for a third title with a win at the Yonex-Sunrise 83rd Senior National Badminton Championships 2018-19, here on February 14.
The top seed beat Nagpur’s rising star Malvika Bansod 21-11, 21-13 to progress into the quarter-finals.
Harsheel Dani, 22, meanwhile caused the upset of the day by showing the door to the fourth seed and last edition’s semi-finalist Subhankar Dey 21-15, 21-17 in 43 minutes.
On the other hand, in an awaited men’s doubles matches, second seeds Chirag Shetty and Pranaav Jerry Chopra edged veterans V Diju and Rupesh Kumar KT 21-8, 18-21, 22-20 in a clash of generations to enter the semi-finals.
