India’s women shone in the Australian Open Super 500 badminton tournament on Wednesday. PV Sindhu Leading the charge and young Tanvi Sharma registered a remarkable win to reach the second round.Sindhu, Tanvi Sharma, Malvika Bansod, Ashrani Baroah and Tanya Hemanth all reached the women’s singles round of 16. However, it was a disappointing day for the Indian men’s singles players as Kiran George, Thirun Manipalli and qualifier Sanith Dayanand were eliminated in the opening round.Third seed Sindhu made a comfortable start to her campaign by beating Peru’s Ines Lucia Castillo Salazar 21-13, 21-11 in 32 minutes.The two-time Olympic medalist controlled the entire match and did not allow her opponent to gain any momentum.Sindhu will next face fellow Indian Ishrani Baroah, who defeated China’s Han Qianzhi 22-20, 10-21, 21-14 in a match that lasted one hour and three minutes.The best result for India was achieved by 17-year-old Tanvi Sharma. The world No. 36 defeated the fifth seed and world no. 11 Chinese Taipei’s Chiu Panchian 21-12, 22-20 in 45 minutes.Tanvi will now face Malvika Bansud in the round of 16. After losing the opening game, Malvika defeated Thailand’s Tonarg Saheng 15-21, 21-7, 21-13.Tanya Hemanth also made it to the next round by defeating America’s Ishika Jaiswal 21-17, 21-18 in 39 minutes.He will next face Thailand’s second seed and World No. 8 Puran Pavi Chuchwong.The Indian men bowed.In the men’s singles, Karan George was defeated by Malaysia’s Justin Ho 19-21, 21-14, 15-21 in a match that lasted one hour and two minutes.Qualifier Sanith Dayanand was defeated by Hu Xian of China 8-21, 10-21 in 35 minutes.The second seed and world No. 10 came close to upsetting Chinese Taipei’s Lin Chun-yi before falling 21-18, 13-21, 23-25 in a match that lasted one hour and 20 minutes.After winning the first game, Thorne fought back in the decider and earned match points, but Lynn held on for the victory.Go ahead Dhruv Manisha.In mixed doubles, Dhruv Rawat and Manisha K advanced to the second round by defeating Australia’s Lim Jayden and Victoria Jonadi 21-13, 21-14 in 27 minutes.Mohit Jaglan and Lakshita Jaglan, however, lost 6-21, 5-21 in 20 minutes to second seeded Chinese pair Guo Xinwa and Chen Fanghui.
