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Singapore Open 2022: PV Sindhu enters finals with a dominating win

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 The Indian badminton star PV Sindhu moved into the finals of the Super 500 Singapore Open 2022 with a dominating win over Sanea Kawakami of Japan played on Saturday. It was an aggressive start for both players as the Japanese put pressure on Sindhu. After the initial struggle, the two-time Olympic medallists showed her aggression with smashes and drop shots not allowing her opponent a sniff into the game. At the mid-game interval, Sindhu led 11-8. After the break, Kawakami took 3 points in succession to level the scores at 11-11.  deceived points and made life tough for unseeded Japanese. The Indian won the first game easily at 21-15. The second game saw the Japanese committing lots of unforced errors hitting the shuttle out and making life tough for Kawakami. At the mid-game interval, Sindhu had a commanding 11-4 lead. After the break, it was one-way traffic as the Indian kept the pressure on the young Japanese winning the second game easily at 21-7 to move into the fina...

Singapore Open 2022: PV Sindhu progress into semi-finals, others crash out

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 PV Sindhu was the only Indian shuttler to progress into the semi-finals while all other 3 lost their respective matches of Super 500 Singapore Open 2022 played on Friday. The two-time Olympic medallists Sindhu edged past Han Yue of China in three thrilling games. It was a decent start for both players in the first game before the Chinese put enough pressure on the Indian with an 11-9 lead at the interval. After the break, Sindhu struggled to keep up with the pace and lost the first game by 17-21. It was a much better start for the Indian in the second game putting Yue under pressure with smashes and drop shots. At the mid-game interval, Sindhu led 11-8. After the break, the Indian showed her class winning the second game easily at 21-11 to force the game into a decider. In the decider, both players fought for each point as the Chinese took an 11-8 lead at the interval. After the break, Sindhu fought back strongly to level the scores at 14-14. Sindhu maintained the lead as Yu...

Singapore Open 2022: Big upsets by Indian shuttlers

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 The Indian shuttlers produced some big upsets on the first day of the Super 500 Singapore Open 2022 played on Wednesday. Mithun Manjunath produced big upset as he defeated World Championship silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth in three games. Mithun showed his class with lovely shots winning first the first game by 21-17. Srikanth showed his class by making a strong comeback with 21-15 in the second game. It was a closely fought third game before Manjunath held his nerves to it by 21-18 to move into the second round. He will face N Ngyuen. HS Prannoy continued his brilliant form defeating Thammsin of Thailand in two straight games. It was a dominating performance by the Indian keeping pressure on the opponent winning by 21-13, 21-16 to move into the second round. He will face Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei. However, it was curtains for Parupalli Kashyap as he lost to Jonathan Christie in two straight games. The Indian struggled right from the word go losing by 14-21, 15-21. ...