India Open 2018, First Round: PV Sindhu vs Natalia Koch Rohde, Live Match Updates

Sindhu wins 21-10, 21-13

Updated: 31 January 2018 14:37 IST - Published: 30 January 2018 23:14 IST

Next up is the India No. 1 men's singles shuttler, Kidambi Srikanth, who begins his 2018 season today.

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That was a pretty comfortable outing for the India No. 1 shuttler. She joins Saina Nehwal in Round 2.

Sindhu is now on a six-match winning streak at this tournament.

And Sindhu wraps this up!

21-10, 21-13

Sindhu is into R2

Rohde saves one match point

Rodhe pulled back one point after a long rally, but Sindhu goes up to match points.

20-12

And Sindhu is up 19-11

2 points away from the finish line.

Sindhu inching towards the finish line.....very much in control of this match.

16-9

It's 15-8 to the defending champion

It's 12-7 to Sindhu after the break.

Sindhu goes into the mid-game interval with an 11-6 lead.

Rodhe pulled back one point but the Indian cruises to 10-5, anyway

And Sindhu has imposed her attacking game here to race away to 8-4

The Indian has a mini lead of one point currently.

4-3

SECOND GAME

Sindhu opens up a 3-1 lead

And Sindhu wastes no time in grabbing the opening game.

21-10

It's 19-10 to the Indian, who is pretty pumped up now

Sindhu stops her comeback and inches ahead to 17-10

Rohde is building a string of points here through aggressive smashes.

She trails 10-16

And it's 16-6 to the defending champion

No stopping Sindhu as she comfortably moves ahead.

14-5

Sindhu goes into the midgame interval with an 11-4 lead

It's a BIG 10-4 lead to the Indian

It's 8-3 to the India No. 1

And Sindhu is moving ahead fast now.

Sharp and aggressive as ever.

She leads 6-3