Reigning badminton world champion P V Sindhu sailed into the women’s singles quarter-finals at the Tokyo Olympics with a straight-game triumph over Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt here on Thursday. The Indian, who won a silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics, completed a 21-15, 21-13 win over 13th seed Blichfeldt in a 41-minute match.

“I started off well in the first game but around 15-16 I gave a couple of points because I was rushing in my defence. My coach was telling me that I was playing the wrong way and I realised that and I immediately changed my tactics and completed the first game,” Sindhu told reporters after the match.