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Sindhu had lost to her Malaysian opponent the last time they meet in Sudirman Cup though the Indian has a 4-1 record against her. 

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an has a flawless 5-0 record. It was, however, a difficult day for Olympic-bound Sen, who lost 19-21, 15-21 to local favourite and top seed Shi Yu Qi, and Srikanth, who suffered a 14-21, 13-21 loss against Indonesia’s Anthony Ginting in the opening round.

Talented Priyanshu Rajawat was no match for eight-seeded Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia, losing 9-21 13-21 in 39 minutes. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand too went down 2-21, 11-21 to fourth seeded Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning in women’s doubles opener to dash their faint Paris Olympics qualification hopes.

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