SAARBRUECKEN — Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu stormed into the women's singles quarterfinals of the Hylo Open Super 500 badminton tournament on Thursday, beating France's Rosy Oktavia Pancasari in straight games, PTI reported via The Bridge.

Source: PTI via The Bridge

The second seed defeated Pancasari 21-9, 21-6 in just 26 minutes in their second-round match. Fresh from her runner-up finish at the French Open, former world champion Sindhu dominated proceedings, winning 42 of the 57 points played and restricting her opponent to just 15 points in all. Sindhu had beaten the UAE's Prakriti Bharath in the opening round.

Sindhu will face Denmark's Amalie Schulz in the quarterfinals, the tournament draw shows. Schulz reached the last eight by beating Bulgaria's Kaloyana Nalbantova 21-17, 21-16.

Source: 2026 Hylo Open draw

21-9, 21-6Sindhu's winning score against Pancasari
26minutes the second-round match lasted
42 of 57points won by Sindhu in the match

There was no such progress for two other Indians in the women's singles. Malvika Bansod went down to Canada's Wen Yu Zhang 11-21, 17-21 in 31 minutes, struggling to match Zhang in the opening game and unable to force a decider despite a better second game. Isharani Baruah also exited, losing to eighth seed Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt of Denmark 14-21, 19-21 in a 39-minute contest, fighting harder in the second game before the Danish shuttler held on, PTI reported.

Among the other Indians in action later on Thursday were sixth seed Unnati Hooda against Denmark's Frederikke Ostergaard, Anmol Kharb against third seed Line Christophersen of Denmark, and an all-Indian men's singles clash between Lakshya Sen and compatriot Kiran George.