P V Sindhu advances to second round at BWF World Championships

Two-time silver medallist P V Sindhu outsmarted Chinese Taipei's Pai Yu Po 21-14 21-14 in her opening match at the BWF World Championships at Basel in Switzerland today.     The fifth-seeded Indian, who received a bye in the opening round, is likely to face USA's Beiwen Zhang, seeded ninth, in the pre-quarterfinals. Sindhu, an Olympic silver medallist, had lost to Zhang at the India Open finals last year. Among others, the Indian pairing of Jakkapudi Meghana and Poorvisha S Ram...