In Badminton, two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu stormed into the Women’s Singles semifinals of Malaysia Masters in Kuala Lumpur this morning. Sindhu defeated Han Yue of China, 21-13, 14-21, 21-12 in the quarter-final.
In another women’s singles quarterfinal, Ashmita Chaliha will square off against sixth seeded Chinese Zhang Yi Man in a short while. Ashmita beat the fifth seed American, Beiwen Zhang in pre-quarterfinals yesterday.
However, in other categories, India’s campaign ended in the Round of 16. Kiran George lost to Malaysia’s Zii Jia Lee in Men’s Singles, while in the Men’s Doubles, Sai Pratheek and Krishna Prasad Garaga also lost to Chinese pair of Ren Xiangyu and Ji Ting He. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand were defeated by Sung Shuo-yun and Chen Yu of Taiwan in Women’s Doubles.