Sports News | PV Sindhu Beats Han Yue in Straight Sets, Reaches Japan Open Quarter-final

Tokyo [Japan], July 16 (ANI): Two-time Olympic and five-time BWF World Championship medalist PV Sindhu extended her juggernaut run at the Daihatsu Japan Open 2026-a BWF Super 750 tournament-with a straight-games win over World No. 5 Han Yue on Thursday.

Through to the quarters, Sindhu will next face former World No. 1 Nozomi Okuhara of Japan for a spot in the semi-finals on Friday, according to a release.

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Taking a positive head-to-head record in their latest clash, Sindhu turned things around early in the first game before racing into a 21-16 lead. The 2019 BWF World Championships gold medallist, then, made a flying start to the second game, racing into an 8-0 Lead before closing out a 21-16, 21-14 win in just 35 minutes.

This will be Sindhu's sixth quarterfinal appearance of the season; the Indian ace had previously reached the last-eight stage in Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore, and advanced to the semifinals in Malaysia and Australia.

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Elsewhere, India's challenge in the mixed doubles ended as Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto suffered a 22-20, 21-17 defeat to China's Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping in the Round of 16. (ANI)

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