Two-time Olympic champion PV Sindhu stormed into the semi-finals of the Malaysia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament after defeating China's Yi Man Zhang in women's singles. Sindhu, ranked sixth, beat lower-ranked Zhang by 21. 16, 13. 21, 22. Defeated by 20.
Sindhu, ranked 13th in the world, also avenged her loss to 18th ranked Zhang in the last 32 of the All England Open. Sindhu will next face world number nine Gregoria Mariska T of Indonesia, who beat second-ranked Yi Zhi Wang of China 21-1. 18, 22. Has defeated by 20. In men's singles, Kidambi Srikanth was defeated by qualifier Kristian Adinata of Indonesia by 16. 21, 21. 16, 21. 11 has defeated.
Earlier there were reports that Sindhu has dropped out of the top 10 in the world badminton rankings after 7 years only last week. Grigoria has also taken an early lead over Sindhu in both the games. She kept attacking the net by feeding her back, to which Sindhu had no answer. PV Sindhu was out of touch right from the start. She lost the first set by a margin of 8-21. After a one-sided defeat in the first set, Sindhu was also expected to return in the second set, but it did not happen. She also lost the second set by the same margin and fell short of winning the title.
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