Taipei: Top Indian shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and K. Srikanth, and fast-rising Sameer Verma reached the second round of the $200,000 Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament here on Wednesday. In women’s singles, World No.14 Sindhu defeated Indonesia’s Lindaweni Fanetri 21-19, 21-19 to set up a clash with third seed Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei.
World No.3 Srikanth defeated Chinese Taipei’s Tzu Wei Wang 21-17, 21-15, in a 34-minute battle in men’s singles competition. The third seeded Indian will next take on Indonesian Ihsan Maulana Mustofa.
Sameer also crossed the first hurdle with a hard-fought 20-22 21-13 21-13 win over Kuo Po Cheng. He will meet World No.1 Chen Long of China next. However, it was the end of the road for R.M.V. Gurusaidutt as he lost 21-23, 17-21 to Shesar Hiren Rhustavito of Indonesia.
