Friday 30 July, 2021 | 3:26 PM
TOKYO: Reigning world Champion P V Sindhu kept India s hopes of winning a first-ever Olympic gold in badminton alive as she reached the semifinals of the women s singles with a fighting straight-game win over world no 5 Japanese Akane Yamaguchi here on Friday.
The 26-year-old Indian, who won a silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics, defended brilliantly and rode on her attack to outclass the fourth seeded Yamaguchi 21-13 22-20 in a 56-minute quarterfinal clash at the Musashino Forest Plaza here.
She will next face the winner of the other quarterfinal between Thailand s Ratchanok Inthanon and Chinese Taipei s Tai Tzu Ying.
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