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Indian shuttler and two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu registered an easy win over Denmark's Line Hojmark Fjordsfeldt in the first round of the women's singles at the Singapore Open badminton tournament. In the first match, Sindhu defeated her Danish opponent by a score of 21-12, 22-20 in a match that lasted 44 minutes. Sindhu dominated from the start of the match and won the first game easily. In the second game, the Danish player tried to counterattack but the Hyderabadi player foiled her. Sindhu's next match will be against world number three player Carolina Marin of Spain, who has a record of 11-5 against the Indian player. In such a situation, Sindhu will try to improve her win-loss record. In men's singles, Lakshya Sen lost to Axelsen by a score of 13-21, 21-16, 13-21 after a 62-minute struggle. Kidambi Srikanth retired after losing 14-21, 3-11 against fifth seed Kodai Naraoka of Japan. In mixed doubles, India's Sumeet Reddy and Sikki Reddy lost to Malaysia's Goh Soon Huat 18-21, 19-21.