Pusarla, Zhang Advance – Indonesia Open: Day 2
Women’s singles big guns Pusarla V Sindhu and Beiwen Zhang had to climb out of early setbacks at the BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2019 today before making their way into the second round.
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Pusarla overcame the quick loss of the opening game to make it past Aya Ohori, 11-21 21-15 21-15. Zhang also went down in the opening game to Indonesia’s Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky by the same margin, only to bounce back strongly, 11-21 21-13 21-9.
Pusarla faces Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt, who too needed three games to overcome her opening-round opponent Yip Pui Yin. Zhang takes on He Bing Jiao, who outplayed compatriot Chen Xiao Xin, also in three games.
India’s HS Prannoy, who has had to work his way back from a serious stomach ailment that afflicted him earlier this year, very nearly had second seed Shi Yu Qi’s number in their opening round men’s singles match.