NewzVille Sports Desk
Two-time Olympic medalist ace shuttler PV Sindhu beat third-seeded Japanese Akane Yamaguchi in the quarterfinal of the Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur today. Sindhu advanced to the semi-final after Yamaguchi was retired hurt.
That time Sindhu was leading in the quarter-final by winning the first 21-11. She took only 12 minutes to grab the first set following the final call came fron the japanese to quit the match.
Earlier yesterday, she outclassed eighth seed Tomoko Miyazaki of Japan by 21-8, 21-13 in the Round of 16.
In men’s doubles, the top Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will take on the Indonesian duo M S Fikri and F Alfian in the quarterfinals today.
They defeated Malaysia’s world number 17 Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap 21-18, 21-11 in the pre-quarterfinals.
Lakshya Sen and Ayush Shetty bowed out of the tournament after losing their respective pre-quarterfinal matches in the Men’s Singles category.
