Berlin, Oct. 30 -- Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu registered comfortable victories to advance to the quarterfinals of the Hylo Open 2026 badminton tournament in Germany on Thursday night.

While Sen survived a three-game battle against compatriot Kiran George in the men's singles pre-quarter-finals, second seed Sindhu cruised past France's Rosy Oktavia Pancasari in the women's singles event, as per Olympics.com.

Seventh seed Sen, ranked 14th in the world, overcame world No. 55 Kiran George 21-15, 18-21, 21-12 in a 54-minute all-Indian encounter at the Saarlandhalle.

After comfortably taking the opening game, the Paris 2024 Olympics semi-finalist appeared in control with a 15-10 advantage in the second. However, Kiran fought ...