PV Sindhu advances to Singapore Open semi final

Sindhu came from one game down to beat Han 17-21, 21-11, 21-19 in a thrilling quarterfinal match at the Singapore Indoor stadium. She will next play against Saena Kawakami of Japan to secure her spot in the final.

After losing the first game in a close contest. Sindhu turned the momentum in the second and pocketed the game to force the match into decider and keep her semifinal hopes alive.

The deciding game witnessed an intense action in the initial exchanges but it was Han who took three-point lead at the time of breather.

After the change of sides, Sindhu took seven points in a row from 9-14 down and held a 2-point lead. But Han was not ready to give up easily as she equalised at 16-all. Sindhu regained her lead with a couple of points and the Chinese again levelled it at 18-all.

The momentum kept swinging back-and-forth as none of the players held the lead. The drama continued as the scores were tied 19-all and match point awaited one of them.

At Another moment, Sindhu reached the match point opportunity. Then, she went for a short lift to which Han reverted with a smash that went slight above the wide line. Sindhu confidently challenged it to be out which she won and wrapped up the win to march through to the last-four.