PV Sindhu & Kidambi Srikanth progressed into the second round of Spain Masters 2023.

PV Sindhu & Kidambi Srikanth progressed into the second round of Spain Masters 2023.

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India's Badminton sensations, PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, and B Sai Praneeth have comfortably secured their spot in the second round of Madrid Spain Masters 2023.

On the other hand, the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have been withdrawn from the tournament due to injury.

Double Olympic medallist and former world champion PV Sindhu displayed a dominating performance and edged out Switzerland's Jenjira Stadelmann 21-10, 21-4 in the first round.

World Championship silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth thrashed Thailand's Sitthikom Thammassin by 21-11, 25-27, 23-21 to secure his place in the second round.

Meanwhile, Aakarshi Kashyap defeated sixth seed Michelle Li of Canada by 12-21, 21-15, 21-18 in her first-round match while Ashmita Chaliha beat Frenchwoman Leonice Huet by 21-12, 22-20.

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