Badminton: PV Sindhu cruises through at Arctic Open

Vantaa (Finland), Oct 7 (UNI) PV Sindhu cruised into the second round of the Arctic Open 2026 badminton tournament, after comfortably seeing off Canada's Wen Yu Zhang in her opening round match of the Super 500 event here. Seeded sixth, Sindhu beat Wen Yu Zhang, who came through the qualifiers, by a 21-8, 21-11 scoreline in just 28 minutes on Tuesday. The two-time Olympic medallist arrived in Finland fresh from a quarter-final exit at the Asian Games 2026, where she finished one win short of a medal. The Indian badminton player will face Japan's Riko Gunji next, according to olympics.com.…