In badminton, India’s Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Unnati Hooda will be in action at the Denmark Open in Odense, Denmark today. While Karunakaran will take on Su Li Yang of Taiwan in the men’s singles round of 32 this afternoon, Unnati will lock horns with Lauren Lam of the USA in the women’s singles round of 32 later in the evening.

In the women’s doubles first round, the ace Indian duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will face off against the Malaysian pair of Thinaah Muralitharan and Pearly Tan this afternoon. In mixed doubles, the pair of N. Sikki Reddi and B. Sumeet Reddy will take on Kevin Lee and Edward Zhang of Canada today.

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu has advanced to the pre-quarterfinals after her opponent Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei decided to call it quits due to injury and retired from the round of 32 match yesterday. Sindhu was leading 21-8; 13-7 when the match was called off.