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Rio 2016: P V Sindhu starts with a win at Olympics
Rio de Janeiro: Two-time World Championship bronze medallist, P V Sindhu, on Thursday won her first match against Hungary’s Laura Sarosi at the ongoing Rio Olympics.
The ninth seed P V Sindhu defeated Sarosi in the women's singles competition by 21-8, 21-9 in a Group M match.
The match lasted for 27 minutes.
Sindhu will play next against Glasgow Commonwealth Games champion Li Michelle of Canada.
Rio 2016: Saina Nehwal beats Brazilian Shuttler Lohaynny
The next match of preliminaries is scheduled on August 14.
Earlier, in the day Indian pair Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa faced a defeat from World Number 1 Japanese pair of Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsumoto.
The Group A opener match lasted 36 minutes.
A lack of coordination was also seen amongst the Indian pair of Jwala and Ponappa.
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