Sindhu enters semis, Prannoy crashes out

HS Prannoy. Pic/Suresh Karkera

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu rallied from a game down to eke out a hard-fought win over Thailand's Supanida Katething to enter the semi-finals of the Syed Modi International tournament here on Friday.

The top-seeded Indian beat her Thai rival, seeded sixth in the tournament, 11-21, 21-12. 21-17 in a quarter-final match. Sindhu will face fifth-seeded Russian Evgeniya Kosetskaya in the semi-finals.

In the men's singles, however, HS Prannoy crashed out of the tournament with a straight-game defeat to Arnaud Merkle of France in the quarter-finals. The fifth-seeded Indian, a former Top 10 player, lost 19-21, 16-21 to his French opponent in a 59-minute quarter-final match.

Mithun Manjunath, however, advanced to the semi-finals after beating Sergey Sirant of Russia 11-21, 21-12, 21-18 in a quarter-final match that lasted one hour and one minute.

Manjunath will face Merkle in the semi-finals. In the mixed doubles event, the Indian pair of MR Arjun and Treesa Jolly beat the eight seeded French duo of William Villeger and Anne Tran 24-22, 21-17 in the quarter-final match. Arjun and Jolly will face compatriots and seventh seeded pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto in the semi-finals.

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