Badminton: PV Sindhu cruises into Arctic Open quarter-finals

Vantaa (Finland), Oct 8 (UNI) Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu cruised into the women's singles quarter-finals of the Arctic Open 2026 badminton tournament after beating Japan's Riko Gunji here on Thursday. Sindhu, seeded sixth at the BWF Super 500 badminton event, defeated Riko Gunji 21-15, 21-15 in 49 minutes to set up a quarter-final clash against top seed and former world champion Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand, according to olympics.com. The opening game against the Japanese shuttler was a tight affair, with the two players locked at 15-all before Sindhu reeled off six consecutive points to take the lead. The second…