India close to another medal in Tokyo, PV Sindhu beat Akane Yamaguchi to reach semi-finals
PV Sindhu defeated Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 21-13, 22-20 in the quarterfinals. With this, the Indian shuttler reached the semi-finals and is now just two steps away from gold. PV Sindhu won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. If she wins another match, her medal will be confirmed. In such a situation, she will become the first player from India to win two medals in badminton.
Talking about the match, the first point of the match went to the host player Akane Yamaguchi. The score then leveled at 2-2. Yamaguchi then took a 4-2 lead. The score then went in favor of Yamaguchi 5-3, 6-4, 6-5. Sindhu got a 7-6 lead for the first time. He didn’t give Yamaguchi a chance after that. Sindhu then led 8-6, 8-7, 9-7, 10-7, 11-7. Then the lead of 17-11, 18-11, 18-12, 18-13, 19-13, 20-13 went in favor of Sindhu. In the end, Sindhu won the game 21-13 in 23 minutes.
PV Sindhu will face either Tai Tzu Ying or Ratnachok Intanon in the semi-finals. The fourth quarter-final of this event is to be between Tai Tzu of Taiwan and Intanon of Thailand. Only the player who wins this match will clash with PV Sindhu. In the second semi-final of women’s singles, two Chinese players Chen Yufei and Hee Bingzao will face off. Hee Bingzao defeated Nozomi Okuhara of Japan to reach the semi-finals. Chen Yufei defeated An Se Young of Korea.
