Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu overcame a strong challenge from her Chinese opponent Han Yue to advance into the semi-finals in the women’s singles category.
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Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu overcame a strong challenge from her Chinese opponent Han Yue to advance into the semi-finals in the women’s singles of the Singapore Open 2022 Super Series 500 badminton tournament. Meanwhile Sindhu’s compatriot’s Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy suffered heartbreaking defeats in their respective quarter-final matches in the tournament on Friday. Third Seed Sindhu lost the first game 17-21, but quickly got her acts together to win the second 21-11. And then, the 26-year-old Indian used all her experience and staged a brilliant fightback to win the third game 21-19 and enter the last-four stage.
THROUGH TO THE SEMIS!✅@Pvsindhu1 makes a ?comeback to secure her place in the semifinals of #SingaporeOpen2022 against ??’s Han Yue
Score: 17-21, 21-11, 21-19
Way to go, champ! ?@himantabiswa | @sanjay091968 #SingaporeOpenSuper500 #IndiaontheRise #Badminton pic.twitter.com/e0pXWiu3HD
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) July 15, 2022
Sindhu will next face unseeded Saena Kawakami, the Japanese world number 38, who defeated sixth seeded Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand 21-17, 21-19. London Olympics bronze medalist Sain, on the other hand, squandered a game lead to go down 13-21-21-15, 20-21 against the Japanese shuttler Aya Ohori. In the men’s section, world number 19, Prannoy also bowed out after giving a tough fight to Japan’s Kodai Naraoka. The 29-year-old won the first game 21-12 before losing the next two games 14-21, 18-21 to bow out of the contest.
The 2022 Singapore Open will commence on June 12 and end on July 17.
Zhao Jun Peng beat Nhat Nguyen 21-18, 23-21
Kodai Naraoka beat HS Prannoy 12-21, 21-14, 21-18
Anthony Ginting beat NG Tze Yong 21-15, 21-12
Loh Kean Yew beat Li Shi Feng 21-15, 21-18
Zhao Jun Peng vs Kodai Naraoka
Anthony Ginting vs Loh Kean Yew
Saena Kawakami beat Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-17, 21-19
PV Sindhu beat Han Yue 17-21, 21-11, 21-19
Aya Ohori beat Saina Nehwal 21-13, 15-21, 22-20
Wang Zhi Yi beat Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 21-17, 21-18
Saena Kawakami vs PV Sindhu
Aya Ohori vs Wang Zhi Yi
Sabar K Gutama/ Moh Rezza Isfahani beat Lu Ching Yao/ Yang Po Han 21-16, 21-17
Fajar Alfian/ Muhammad Ardianto beat Hee Yong K Terry/ Loh Kean Hean 16-21, 21-15, 21-15
Leo Rolly/ Daniel Marthin beat He Ji Ting/ Zhou Hao Dong 21-14, 17-21, 21-11
Mohammad Ahsan/ Hendra Setiawan beat MR Arjun/ Dhruv Kapila 10-21, 21-18, 21-17
Sabar K Gutama/ Moh Rezza Isfahani vs Fajar Alfian/ Muhammad Ardianto
Leo Rolly/ Daniel Marthin vs Mohammad Ahsan/ Hendra Setiawan
Apriyani Rahayu/ Siti Fadia Silva Ramashanti beat Sayaka Hobara/ Hinata Suzuki 21-14, 21-12
S Paewsampran/ P Supajirakul beat Liu Xuan/ Xia Yu Ting 21-15, 21-12
Zhang Shu Xian/ Zheng Yu beat Febriana D Kusuma/ Amalia C Pratiwi 21-16, 18-21, 21-11
Du Yue/ Li Wen Mei beat J Kititharakul/ R Prajongjai 22-20, 21-17
Apriyani Rahayu/ Siti Fadia Silva Ramashanti vs S Paewsampran/ P Supajirakul
Zhang Shu Xian/ Zheng Yu vs Du Yue/ Li Wen Mei
D Puavaranukroh/ S Taerattanachai beat Chen Tang Jie/ Valeree Siow 21-10, 22-20
Goh soon Huat/ Lai S Jemie beat Tang Chun Man/ TSE Ying Suet 22-20, 16-21, 21-18
Wang Yi Lyu/ Huang D Ping beat Mark Lamsfuss/ Isabel Lohau 21-12, 19-21, 21-17
Guo Xin Wa/ Zhang Shu Xian beat Hoo Pang Ron/ Toh Ee Wei 21-16, 21-14
D Puavaranukroh/ S Taerattanachai vs Goh soon Huat/ Lai S Jemie
Wang Yi Lyu/ Huang D Ping vs Guo Xin Wa/ Zhang Shu Xian
Badminton fans in India can watch live action on Voot Select and also at BWF official Youtube channel BWF TV.
