PV Sindhu advances to second round of Indonesian Masters

World champion P.V. Sindhu advanced to the second round of the Indonesia Master in women's singles with a hard-earned victory over Japan's Aya Ohori 14-21, 21-15, 21-11.

However, defending champion Saina Nehwal suffered a shock exit from the tournament in Jakarta



yesterday.

It was also curtains for world championships bronze medallist B. Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth, Parupalli Kashyap, Sourabh Verma and Sameer Verma in the men's singles.

Sindhu will take on Japan's Sayaka Takahashi in the second round today.