- By Gurmeet Batra
- Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:29 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
China Masters: India's double Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu regained her supremacy as she sealed her place in the quarterfinals of the China Masters badminton tournament with a dominating straight-game win over sixth seed Pornpawee Chochuwong on Thursday.
Sindhu showcased a commanding performance, dispatching her sixth-ranked Thai opponent in a swift 41-minute match, registering a 21-15, 21-15 victory.
By virtue of the triumph, the Indian improved her head-to-head record against the Thai shuttler to 6-5. In the quarterfinals battle, the 14th-ranked player will take on the winner of the match between top seed An Se Young of Korea and Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt.
Sindhu, who had exited the recently concluded Hong Kong Open in the first round, was happy with the straight-game victory and said she was careful from the start against her Thai opponent.
"I am happy with the win and it was very important for me from the beginning to be alert and give my 100 per cent. She (Chochuwong) is a top player. I played her in the Indonesia Open; that time also it was a hard match. After winning the first game, I was much more alert in the second game," the Indian said after the match, as quoted by PTI.
"The points were going to be equal so it was very important for me to stay close to her as every point counts. I am happy that I am on the winning side and I gave my best," the star shuttler added.
"I have to prepare for tomorrow now. It's good that if you win the first game you finish it off in the second game. Straight wins always give you that confidence. But you also have to be prepared for long matches and make sure that you are quicker on your feet," she added.
Later in the day, the eight-seeded Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will square off against Chinese Taipei's Chiu Hsiang Chieh and Wang Chi-Lin in a round-of-16 match.