Sindhu advances to Indonesia Masters semifinals

India's P. V. Sindhu beat Turkey's Neslihan Yigit in three games in the quarterfinals on Friday.

Published : Nov 19, 2021 12:54 IST

P. V. Sindhu will face either Akane Yamaguchi or Pornpawee Chochuwong in the semifinals. - GETTY IMAGES (FILE)
P. V. Sindhu will face either Akane Yamaguchi or Pornpawee Chochuwong in the semifinals. - GETTY IMAGES (FILE)
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P. V. Sindhu will face either Akane Yamaguchi or Pornpawee Chochuwong in the semifinals. - GETTY IMAGES (FILE)

Two-time Olympic medallist Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu registered a dominant straight games win over Turkey's Neslihan Yigit to enter the women's singles semifinals of the Indonesia Masters Super 750 badminton tournament here on Friday.

Reigning world champion Sindhu, seeded third, scripted a convincing 21-13 21-10 win over the unseeded Yigit in 35 minutes to extend her dominating head-to-head record against the Turkish shuttler to 4-0.

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The 26-year-old from Hyderabad had beaten Yigit last month as well in the Denmark Open.

Sindhu, who has got relatively easy opponents until now, has a tough match ahead as she will face the winner of the quarterfinal between top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan and fifth seed Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand.

Later in the day, compatriots Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy will take on each other in the men's singles quarterfinals.

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