BAC: Sindhu, Prannoy, Doubles pair ousted, India’s campaign ends
This was Sindhu’s first loss against the Chinese shuttler in six meetings.
Indian shuttler PV Sindhu defeated Akane Yamaguchi of Japan to enter the semi-final of the Hong Kong Open Superseries on Friday.
Second seed Sindhu outplayed the fifth seed Japanese shuttler 21-12, 21-19 in a match which lasted 37 minutes.
The Hyderabadi shuttler will now face former World Champion Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand in the semi-final on Saturday. Ratchanok got the better of Canadian Michelle Li 21-14, 21-16 in 39 minutes in the other quarterfinal.
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