Singapore City, May 27 -- PV Sindhu broke the opening round jinx and stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the Singapore Badminton Open 2025 women's singles event on Tuesday.

Sindhu, who recently dropped to the 17th spot in the badminton rankings, ousted Canada's world No. 52 shuttler Wen Yu Zhang 21-14, 21-9 in a contest that lasted just 31 minutes in the round of 32 match.

Just like their previous encounter in the opening round of the Spain Masters badminton tournament last year, which Sindhu won in straight sets, the Indian star continued her dominance over the Canadian.

The victory will reignite Sindhu's hopes of finding her lost mojo, considering she suffered four successive opening-round exits in this year's BWF World Tour. Her b...