Indonesia Masters 2021: PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth move into the semi-finals

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 The two Indian shuttlers remaining in the fray moved into the semi-finals of Super 750 Indonesia Masters with easy wins over their opponents played at Bali, Indonesia on Friday.

PV Sindhu had no problems defeating World number Yigit of Turkey in two straight games. It was a dominating display by two-time Olympic medallists not allowing her opponent any chances in the game. She was at her best and won the game by 21-13, 21-10 in just 35 minutes. With this win, the Indian continued her head-to-head record against the Turkish 4-0.

Sindhu will now face Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the semi-finals. The Indian has now a tough opponent after facing easy opponents till today’s match. It should be a great encounter as Yamaguchi is currently the top seed in this tournament and world number 5. Sindhu has won both matches so far, they met this year so far.

In all Indian quarterfinals, Kidambi Srikanth outplayed HS Prannoy in two straight games. It was a dominating display by Srikanth who played attacking badminton and won the first game easily by 21-7.

The second game saw HS Prannoy begin taking a 5-2 lead, but Srikanth made a strong comeback to take lead at the mid-game interval. After the break, the former number world 1 took a 15-12 lead before Prannoy leveled the score at 15-15. Srikanth looked in great touch and made it into his second successive semi-finals. It was a great performance by Srikanth has been in decent form so far after a disappointing year.

Srikanth will now face Anders Antonsen in the semi-finals tomorrow. Sindhu reached the semi-finals of the French Open 2021 while Srikanth made it into the last 4 stages of the Hylo Open 2021 played last week. The two Indians will be hoping to make the finals and keep the flag high. 




 





PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth move into the semi-finals of Indonesia Masters 2021 

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