PV Sindhu defeats Kristin Kuuba of Estonia to move to the R16 round at the Paris Olympics.

In the last Group M match of the 2017 Paris Olympics, India's PV Sindhu defeated Kristin Kuuba of Estonia on Wednesday to advance to the Round of 16 in the women's singles badminton competition.

At the La Chapelle Arena, Sindhu outplayed Kuuba and won 21-5, 21-10 after 34 minutes of play.
In just 14 minutes, Sindhu won the first game 21–5, controlling the pace. The Indian shuttler, meantime, kept up her good play and won the second game in 19 minutes, 21-10.
In her next Round of 16 encounter, PV Sindhu may take against He Bingjiao of the People's Republic of China. Sindhu won her medal in the Tokyo Olympics earlier in the competition against He Bingjiao.
In Sindhu's earlier Group M encounter, the Indian shuttler defeated Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq of the Maldives in the women's singles event with ease, starting her journey towards her third Olympic gold.
In both games, Sindhu played with perseverance and self-assurance, limiting her opponent to single digits. She won her first match, 21-9, 21-6, to start her season the whole of the 29-minute contest.In her pursuit of her third Olympic medal, Sindhu showed her dominance right away. She tricked her opponent into shooting a loose shot by using every square inch of the badminton court to her advantage.

This was the second encounter between Razzaq and Sindhu. In their first meeting, the Indian shuttler easily defeated the Maldivian shuttler, and history was repeated in Paris.The shuttlers engaged in a neck-and-neck race against one another to start the first game. Following a point advantage by Sindhu, Razzaq rallied to tie the score.
The pattern persisted until the scoreboard showed 4–4. Sindhu stepped it up and went on a scoring binge, scoring ten points in a row.

Eventually, Razzaq succeeded in breaking Despite Sindhu's 10-point scoring run, the opening game was almost out of her control.

With a superb angled flip, Sindhu turned the score into a 19-6 advantage. Razzaq rallied back, making a valiant effort to win three straight points to mount a late comeback. A beautiful drop shot changed the score to 19–9.

By the end, Sindhu had secured the opening game with a score of 21-9 in 13 minutes.

For the Maldives shuttler, it was a similar tale in the second game. Her attempts to surpass Sindhu's technical skill failed.

The Indian shuttler won three straight points in the span of a single glance before the net blocked her stroke. Razzaq was given a window of opportunity to make a return, which she took full advantage of. She prevailed. .. She trailed Sindhu by only one point after winning three straight games to make the score 4-3.
However, the short-lived rallies didn't do any favour for Razzaq as she soon started to lose exactly as in the opening set. After a 21-6 victory in the second game, Sindhu sealed the match thanks to Razzaq's poor defense.