PV Sindhu
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Expansion
Commonwealth Games champions PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen registered contrasting victories to enter the semi-finals of the Canada Open Super 500 badminton tournament. Sen beat German qualifier Julian Caraggi 21-8, 17-21, 21-10 in the men’s singles quarter-finals. Sindhu, who has won two medals in the Olympics, easily defeated Fang Jie 21-13, 21-7 in the women’s singles quarterfinals played on Friday night. This is his first win against this player in four matches.
Sindhu started well against Fang Jie and took a 5-1 lead. After that the Indian player increased the lead to 11-6. Sindhu covers the court well. Fang Jie then tried to come back and make it 12-16 but Sindhu did not give her any further chance and won the first game easily. Fang Jie took a 5-1 lead early in the second game but Sindhu soon came back to lead 11-5. After this, he did not take long to win the match.
Yamaguchi’s challenge now in front of Sindhu
Sindhu will now take on world number one Yamaguchi of Japan while Sen will take on fourth seeded Kenta Nishimoto of Japan. The 28-year-old Hyderabadi PV Sindhu’s last meeting with the top seeded Japanese player was at the Singapore Open last year in which the Japanese player won.
