Hylo Open 2026: Sindhu beats UAE’s Bharath in 28 minutes to enter Round of 16; Ashmita exits
FILE PHOTO: Sindhu defeated the UAE shuttler 21-10, 21-10 in just 28 minutes to enter the Round of 16. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
FILE PHOTO: Sindhu defeated the UAE shuttler 21-10, 21-10 in just 28 minutes to enter the Round of 16. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
India’s star shuttler P. V. Sindhu made easy work of her Round of 32-opponent in UAE’s Prakriti Bharath to advance in the Hylo Open 2026 in Saarbrucken, Germany.
Sindhu defeated the UAE shuttler 21-10, 21-10 in just 28 minutes to enter the Round of 16. The second seeded Indian will face France’s Rosy Oktavia Pancasari.
The two-time Olympic champion, Sindhu, is coming on the back of a tremendous final run at the French Open Super 750 tournament, where she fell short against World No. 1 An Se-young in the summit clash.
Meanwhile, another Indian women’s singles player in Ashmita Chaliha exited in the first round after losing 21-18, 12-21, 8-21 to Kaloyana Nalbantova of Bulgaria in 54 minutes.
Ashmita too had entered the Super 500 tournament on the back of an impressive run in Paris, exiting in the quarterfinals to end a run which included beating Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi.
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