Dubai,
\nPV Sindhu registered her second straight victory to advance to the knockout stage of the Dubai World Superseries Finals here today.<\/p>\n
Sindhu took just 36 minutes to ease past Japan\u2019s Sayaka Sato 21-13 21-12. Sindhu, who had defeated world No. 15 Sato twice this season, dominated the match from start to finish.<\/p>\n
Sindhu, who beat China\u2019s He Bingjiao yesterday, will meet Sayaka\u2019s compatriot, world No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi, in her third and final Group A match tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Akane beat Bingjiao 21-14 13-21 21-8 in the other Group A match today. With two wins from two matches each, Sindhu and Akane will advance from the group.<\/p>\n
Kidambi Srikanth slumped to his second consecutive defeat after losing to Chinese Taipei\u2019s Chou Tien Chen in straight games, crashing out of the event.<\/p>\n
Even though Srikanth still has a match left in Group B, he has virtually no chance of making the next stage.<\/p>\n
Srikanth, who lost to world No. 1 and defending champion Viktor Axelsen yesterday, failed to improve and went down 21-18 21-18 in the $1 million event. World No. 7 Chou took 43 minutes to get past his world No. 4 opponent. After falling behind 0-5, Srikanth played catch-up before losing the first game.<\/p>\n
Although he put up a better performance in the second game, Srikanth could not sustain the momentum till the end. Down 14-17, Chou fought back with three straight points. At 18-18, Chou reeled off three points to wrap up the match in style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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