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Australian Open badminton : Srikanth beats Praneeth, Sindhu bows out in quarter finals

India Blooms News Service | | Jun 23, 2017, at 08:32 pm

Sydney, June 23 (IBNS): Kidambi Srikanth defeated Sai Praneeth to reach the semi final of Australian Open Super Series while PV Sindu lost to Tzu Ying in their respective quarter final matches, on Friday.

Srikanth outplayed Praneeth by 25-23, 21-17.

.@srikidambi's stupendous run of form takes him into the semifinal of #AustraliaSS.

Srikanth Kidambi defeats Sai Praneeth 25-23, 21-17. pic.twitter.com/PEYCk3uplQ
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) June 23, 2017

Srikanth will face anyone between Yuji of China and Denmark's Hans-Kristian Vittinghus, whoever emerges as victorious in the second quarter final match.

On the other hand, Sindhu crashed out of the semi final as she failed to secure a win against world no.1 Ying. She lost it by 10-21, 22-20, 21-16.

PV Sindhu will rue that match point opportunity in the second game but it was indeed a valiant fight against the world number one. Hard luck
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) June 23, 2017

Saina will meet Sun Yu in the last quarter final match, later in the day.

Image: Official Facebook page of Kidambi Srikanth and Badminton Association of India.

# AustralianOpenSuperSeries # KidambiBeatsSaiPraneeth # QuarterFinal # ReachSemiFinal # SindhuBowOut

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