NEW DELHI: Returning from a break, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu advanced to the women's singles second round with a straight-game victory over Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.
World No. 15 Sindhu, who had skipped the Uber Cup and Thailand Open, secured a 21-17, 21-16 win over Gilmour, ranked 22nd, in an opening-round match that lasted 46 minutes. The fifth-seeded Indian, who last won a title at the 2022 Singapore Open, will next face Korea's Sim Yu Jin.