Indian ace shuttler PV Sindhu on Thursday progressed to the third round of the All England Open at Arena Birmingham here. World number six defeated South Korea's Sung Ji-Hyun in two straight-games 21-19, 21-15. Sindhu took 49 minutes to overcome South Korean. Sung gave a tough fight to Sindhu after stretching her in the first game.

Earlier in the day, budding shuttler Lakshya Sen crashed out of the tournament after losing his second-round match. Denmark's Viktor Axelsen defeated Sen in two straight games 21-17, 21-18 and advanced to the third round of the competition. The world number seven ousted Sen in 45 minutes.