Sindhu fights her way into semis

India’s PV Sindhu during her Last-8 match yesterday. Pic/AFP

India's two-time Olympic medal-winning shuttler PV Sindhu came back from a game down to beat South Korea's Sim Yujin and enter the semi-finals of the Indonesia Open here on Friday.

The men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty later beat Malaysia's Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin 21-19, 21-19 in straight games to also make the semi-finals of the tournament, making it a great day for the Indian contingent.

Third seed Sindhu, the reigning world champion, had to toil hard to get the better of Yujin 14-21, 21-19, 21-14 in the quarter-final that lasted an hour and six minutes. The Indian will play second seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand, who got the better of Japan's Asuka Takahashi 21-17, 21-12 in another quarter-final match, in her Last-4 clash.

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