Indian shuttler PV Sindhu is ringing in her 23rd birthday, this time, away from home.
However, her fans have ensured that she does not miss being home on her special day.
Local fans of the ace shuttler gave her a surprise visit and also brought a cake to celebrate her birthday.
Sindhu thanked all her fans and supporters for wishing her and hoped to continue performing well for the country.
"Thank you, everybody and thanks to all my fans for supporting me and for your wishes also. Definitely, I will do best and keep winning many more and I hope I do well," Sindhu said.
The Indian shuttler cemented her spot in the quarter-finals of the ongoing Indonesia Open after registering a convincing straight-game victory over Japan's Aya Ohori in the second-round of the women's singles event.
She thrashed her Japanese opponent 21-17, 21-14 in a one-sided contest that lasted 36 minutes.
Meanwhile, in the men's singles event, India badminton player HS Prannoy also moved into the quarterfinals after rebounding strongly from a first-game down to clinch a 21-23, 21-15, 21-13 triumph over Wang Tzu Wei of Taiwan.
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