PV Sindhu enters Arctic Open semi-finals with hard-fought win
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India’s two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu gave her best performance after losing the first game and entered the semi-finals of the women’s singles of the Arctic Open Super 500 badminton tournament by defeating Thuy Linh Nguyen of Vietnam in a 91-minute battle.
The eighth-seeded Indian won 20-22, 22-20, 21-18, ending the four-match winning streak of world number 26 and unseeded Nguyen. .
Sindhu, who is struggling to find her rhythm ahead of the Paris Olympics, will face fifth seeded Chinese and world number 11 Wang Xi Yi in the semi-finals.
Sindhu has made it to the semi-finals for the fourth time in any BWF World Tour tournament this year. She had previously reached the last four at Spain Masters (finalist), Malaysia Masters and Canada Open.
In the other semi-finals of the women’s singles, China’s third seed and world number nine Han Yu will face Thailand’s Pornpawee Chochuwong. Sindhu is now the only Indian player left in this tournament.
Kiran George, Kidambi Srikanth, Akarshi Kashyap and Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto have already been eliminated from the tournament.
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