PV Sindhu enters semi-finals of All England Championships after beating third seed Akane Yamaguchi

PV Sindhu has entered the women’s singles semi-finals of the All England Open Championships after beating Akane Yamaguchi. Fifth-seeded Sindhu took an hour and 16 minutes to notch up a hard-fought 16-21, 21-16, 21-19 win over the Japanese third seed in the Super 1000 tournament. Sindhu will now face sixth seed Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand for a place in the final of the tournament. The Indian has an overwhelming 4-1 lead against the world No. 11 Thai.

The Indian had come into the match with a 10-7 head-to-head count against the Japanese even though she had lost the last three meetings.

This was Sindhu's first win in last four meetings with Yamaguchi.

"I am playing against her after quite a long time, I think 2019. We haven't played at all. I'm sure she would have trained very hard. Today's match was a good, tough long match I would say," Sindhu said.

"In the first game I was making a lot of errors and hitting them out because I was on the side with the stronger drift. The second game, it was in my favour. A lot of long rallies. It was important to get that second game.

"In the third game, it was very crucial. My coach was very supportive, he was making sure I controlled the shuttle well. Each point was very important. Overall, it was anybody's game but I am happy to be on the winning side."

(with PTI inputs)

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