: BWF World Tour Finals: Sindhu qualifies for semi-finals, Satwik-Chirag pull out, Srikanth & Sen lose #IndiaNEWS India’s two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu progressed to the knockout stage of the

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BWF World Tour Finals: Sindhu qualifies for semi-finals, Satwik-Chirag pull out, Srikanth & Sen lose #IndiaNEWS
India’s two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu progressed to the knockout stage of the BWF World Tour Finals with a straight-game win over Germany’s Yvonne Li in her second group A match in Bali, Indonesia on Thursday.But the other developments on the day for Indian shuttlers were not great as Srikanth Kidambi and Lakshya Sen lost in their singles matches while the doubles campaigns came to an end in differing fashion.The 26-year-old Sindhu, the only Indian to win the prestigious title so far in 2018 and finalist a year before, outplayed world No 23 Li 21-10, 21-13 in 31 minutes.The reigning world champion will square off against top seed Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand next in her last group match that will decided who tops the group. World number 14 Kidambi Srikanth, who had reached the knockout stage in the 2014 edition of the year-ending event, jeopardised his chances of making it to the knockout stage after going down 18-21 7-21 to three-time junior world champion Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn in his second men’s singles group B match. Srikanth is technically not out of semi-final contention but he faces a must-win situation against All England champion Lee Zii Jia while hoping Vitidsarn slips up. Earlier, the women’s doubles...Read more

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