Mumbai: World champion PV Sindhu defeated Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the quarter-finals at Tokyo Olympics to reach the semi-finals at Olympics for the second straight time.
Sindhu defeated Yamaguchi 21-13, 22-20. The quarterfinal clash between Sindhu and Yamaguchi lasted for 56 minutes.
The first game was close to the suggested score and Sindhu had to do her best to win 21-13. The scoreline in the first game may not indicate how closely it was contested, but Yamaguchi fought for every point.
The star Indian shuttler was just a game away from reaching the semi-finals.
Yamaguchi forced Sindhu to work harder in the second game, and for every point, the Indian shuttler had to give her best.
In the end, the number six seeded Sindhu won the match in straight games. In the second game of the quarterfinals, a 54-shot rally between Sindhu and Yamaguchi lasted one minute and two seconds.
On Thursday, Sindhu had defeated Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt in the Round of 16 matches of women’s individual event in the Tokyo Olympics here at the Musashino Forest Plaza Court 3.
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