Quarter-finals report: Indian star shuttler PV Sindhu advanced to the women’s singles semi-finals, while Sameer Verma and the men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty lost in the quarter-finals of the Korea Open Superseries on Friday. Rio Olympic silver medallist Sindhu fought off Japanese Minatsu Mitani with a 21-19, 16-21, 21-10 victory in an hour and three minutes at the SK Handball Stadium. With this win, three-time World Championships medallist Sindhu has equalised 2-2 in career meetings with the Japanese. The Indian fifth seed will meet Chinese sixth seed He Bingjiao, who moved past South Korean third seed Sung Ji Hyun with a 21-19 16-21 21-19 victory in an hour and 17 minutes. Sindhu trails 3-5 in head-to-head record against Bingjiao. The other women’s singles semi-finals will be contested between Japanse talents, reigning world champion Nozomi Okuhara and Akane Yamaguchi. Sameer, meanwhile, lost to South Korean top seed Son Wan Ho 22-20, 10-21, 13-21 in an hour and nine minutes. Sameer had stunned Son during first meeting – at the India Open in March earlier this year. But Son this time played a nearly flawless game to enter the last four stage. Son will meet Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, while Chinese Taipei’s seventh seed Wang Tzu Wei will face Indonesian Jonatan Christie in the men’s singles semi-finals. The teenage doubles pair of Satwik-Chirag lost to Japanese third seeds Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda 14-21, 21-17, 15-21 in 55 minutes.
Highlights, Korea Open Superseries, badminton results: PV Sindhu beats He Bingjiao, will face Nozomi Okuhara in final
Catch the live scores and updates from the semi-finals day at the Korea Open Superseries as PV Sindhu looks to seal a place in the final of women’s singles.
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So, that’s it from us! The semi-final day of the Korea Open Superseries comes to an end. What a day for India’s PV Sindhu today as she powers into yet another final of a mega event. Incidentally, the Indian will face Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in final tomorrow. The duo played a famous 117-minute marathon match just weeks ago in the World Championships final. It promises to be yet another thrilling encounter.
Before we sign off, check out tomorrow’s schedule:
PV Sindhu storms into final
India’s number 1 women’s singles shuttler gets the better of He Bingjiao 21-10, 17-21, 21-16 in 66 minutes to seal a place into the final of the Korea Open Superseries. Sindhu floored Bingjiao in the opening game but squandered the lead in the second. The Chinese shuttler was in control until Sindhu moved quickly at the net to trouble Bingjiao.
IT’S GOING TO BE ANOTHER SUPER FINAL TOMORROW! PV Sindhu vs Nozomi Okuhara 2.0
Sindhu lost her footing right after the mid-game interval of the second game.
On to the final game…..
PV Sindhu wins opening game: 21-10
The fifth seed from India dominated the game from the start and had a grip on her foot movements and shots despite being pushed on the backcourt. He Bingjiao played a series of bad shots and put herself into pressure.
PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao
Fifth seed Sindhu will meet Chinese sixth seed He Bingjiao, who moved past South Korean third seed Sung Ji Hyun with a 21-19 16-21 21-19 victory in an hour and 17 minutes.
Surprisingly, Sindhu trails 3-5 in head-to-head record against Bingjiao.
Jonatan Christie beats Wang Tzu Wei: 21-13, 21-17
Indonesian Christie registered a comfortable victory over Wang of Chinese Taipei in straight games to set up an all-Indonesian men’s singles final with Anthony Ginting.