Arctic Open: Sindhu progresses to quarterfinals

Vantaa (Finland): Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu sailed into the quarterfinals of the women's singles event of the Arctic Open Super 500 badminton tournament, but it was curtains for Kidambi Srikanth in men's singles here on Thursday.

Sindhu, seeded eighth here, took just 38 minutes to breeze past Chinese Taipei's Wen Chi Hsu 21-11, 21-10.

Sindhu will next play Thuy Linh Nguyen of Vietnam.

However, it was the end of the road for Srikanth and Kiran George in men's singles.

While Srikanth lost 15-21, 12-21 to seventh seed Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan, Kiran was shown the door by fourth seed Lu Guang Zu of China 10-21, 20-22.

The lone Indian pair in women's doubles, Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa also failed to progress to the quarterfinals, losing 19-21, 19-21 to the French duo of Margot Lambert and Anne Tran.