Birmingham: India's premier badminton player PV Sindhu secured her place in the semi-finals of All England Open by defeating Japan's Akane Yamaguchi here on Friday. Sindhu outperformed Akane 16-21, 21-16, 21-19 in a quarter-final game that lasted for one hour and 16 minutes.
In the semi-finals, fifth seed Sindhu will face sixth seed Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand.
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Earlier, in a quarter-final match, Pornpawee beat unseeded Beiwen Zhang of the USA 7-21, 21-13, 21-9 in 38 minutes.
Also on Friday, India's Lakshya Sen crashed out in the quarter-finals, losing to Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands 17-21, 21-16, 17-21. The match, which lasted 55 minutes, saw the end of the Indian challenge in men's singles.
Caljouw, who had beaten Sen once before, won the first set 21-17 in 17 minutes. He was leading 11-8 at one point and maintained it to go 1-0 up. The 19-year-old Sen then bounced back in the second game, opening up a lead of 11-6 and later sealing the second game 21-16 to stay alive in the contest.
