Vantaa, Oct. 8 -- Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu stormed into the women's singles quarter-finals of the Arctic Open 2026 after a comfortable straight-games victory over Japan's Riko Gunji in Vantaa, Finland, on Thursday.

The sixth-seeded Sindhu, competing at the BWF Super 500 event, defeated Gunji 21-15, 21-15 in 49 minutes to book her place in the last eight. She will next face top seed and former world champion Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand in the quarter-finals, as per Olympics.com.

The opening game was closely contested, with Sindhu and the Japanese shuttler locked at 15-all before the Indian produced a decisive late surge, winning six consecutive points to take the game.

The second game followed a similar pattern, with the s...