Sindhu storms into semi-finals of World Badminton Championships

Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu has stormed into the semi-finals of the World Badminton Championships at Nanjing, China. In the quarterfinals last night, the world number three defeated eighth seed Nozomi Okuhara of Japan, in straight games, 21-17, 21-19. 

Sindhu had lost to Okuhara in the Championships last year to settle for a Silver medal. The victory of Sindhu means that the head-to-head record between the two shuttlers now stands level at



6-6.

Today, the Rio Olympics Silver medalist will play another Japanese, world number two Akane Yamaguchi, for a place in the Final. Sindhu currently leads the head-to-head record against Yamaguchi, 6-4.

Sindhu is the only Indian left in the tournament. Saina Nehwal and the Mixed Doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy bowed out in the quarterfinals yesterday