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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...

Indonesia Masters 2021: Three Indian shuttlers qualify for the quarterfinals

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 It was a brilliant day for the Indian shuttlers as 3 of them made it into the quarterfinals stage played at Bali, Indonesia on Thursday. PV Sindhu cruised to a comfortable win over Clara Azurmendi of Spain in three games. The young Spaniard fought well against the two-time Olympic medallists. At the mid-game interval, the Indian had a good lead. After the break, Clara fought back strongly to level scores at 14-14 and then took points in succession to win the first set at 21-17. Sindhu then fought back strongly in the next two games putting an attacking display and did allow her opponent to comeback into the match. The Indian won the second set easily at 21-7, followed by another brilliant display to win a decider by 21-12 to move into the quarterfinals. She will face ranked number 30 Yigit of Turkey. Kidambi Srikanth showed great fighting courage to defeat a tough Indonesian opponent Jonathan Christie in a thrilling three games. The first game saw the Christie dominate Srika...

Indonesia Masters 2021: Mixed day for Indian shuttlers

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 It was a mixed day for the Indian contingent as 3 qualified for the second round of Super 750 Indonesia Masters played at Bali, Indonesia on Wednesday.   Kidambi Srikanth defeated pre-qualifier Christo Popov in three thrilling games. It was a close-fought first game as both players fought for each point. The Indian held his nerves to win the first game easily at 21-18. Popov made a strong comeback in the 2 nd set as Srikanth committed unforced errors. The qualifier took the advantage winning it easily at 21-15 to force the match into the decider. The third set began off well with Kidambi Srikanth taking an early lead before Popov showed some character to put the Indian on the backfoot. At the mid-game interval, Srikanth led 11-8. Despite Popov showing a fight, Srikanth held his nerves to win the game at 21-16. He will face the tough challenge of Jonathan Christie of Indonesia. HS Prannoy finally crossed the first-round hurdle defeating Darren Liew of Malaysia in two ...