India’s star shuttler PV Sindhu produced an impressive performance on Thursday (January 8, 2026), defeating higher-ranked Japanese opponent Tomoka Miyazaki to book her spot in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament here.

India’s star shuttler PV Sindhu produced an impressive performance on Thursday (January 8, 2026), defeating higher-ranked Japanese opponent Tomoka Miyazaki to book her spot in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament here.

However, it was curtains for ace Indian men’s player Lakshya Sen and young Ayush Shetty who both lost at the pre-quarterfinal stage.

Sindhu raced to a 5–1 lead and then reeled off 13 consecutive points to surge to a commanding 18-4 advantage, before comfortably closing out the opening game in no time.