Ayako sakuramoto

Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu advanced to the second round of the BWF India Open, making a winning start in her first event since marriage on a mixed day for India as fifth-seeded women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand crashed out of the Super 750 event here on Tuesday.

Sindhu, who is hoping to make it back into the top 10 by overcoming the recent slump in her form and rankings, defeated Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei 21-14, 22-20 in a 51-minute encounter in the women's singles Round of 32 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here.

Treesa and Gayatri, the Commonwealth Games bronze medallists, were stunned by the unseeded Japanese pair of Arisa Igarashi and Ayako Sakuramoto in a hard-fought clash, going down 21-23, 19-21 in a close encounter.