India's top female shuttler PV Sindhu started her French Open campaign with a rousing first-round win over American Beiwen Zhang in straight games 21-17, 21-8 at Paris on Tuesday.
In a match lasting 34 minutes, the third seeded Indian never allowed her unseeded opponent to settle in. But there was a keen tussle in the middle part of the first game.
But the second game witness Sindhu toying with her opponent, and from 3-3, the Indian won seven points in drop.
The win also helped Sindhu exact her first round defeat to Zhang at Denmark Open last week.
The 23-year-old will now face Japan's Sayaka Sato in the next round of the tournament.
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Meanwhile, it was curtains for Indian men's doubles pair of Arjun M.R. and Shlok Ramachandran as they lost 14-21, 17-21 to Chinese pair of Li Junhui and Liu Yunchen in the opening round.
