Cai Yanyan

Singapore Open 2019: PV Sindhu left as solitary Indian in semi-finals as Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma ousted

Even as the challenges of Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma ended at the quarter-finals stage, PV Sindhu used all the wiles and guile gained over nearly a decade in international badminton to subdue Chinese teenager, Cai Yanyan.

Singapore Open 2019: PV Sindhu edges past Cai Yanyan to set up semis clash with Nozomi Okuhara; Saina Nehwal ousted

PV Sindhu survived a scare before making the semifinals but Saina Nehwal was thoroughly outplayed in her straight-game quarterfinal loss on a mixed day for India at the Singapore Open badminton tournament on Friday