Lagatar24 Desk
Manila, April 29: PV Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medalist, defeated China’s He Bing Jiao in the women’s singles semi-finals at the Badminton Asia Championships on Friday.
Sindhu, who won bronze at the 2014 Asia Championships in Gimcheon, upset third seed He Bing Jiao 21-9, 13-21, 21-19 to claim bronze in a one-hour 16-minute thriller.
PV Sindhu advanced to the quarter-finals of the women’s singles at the Badminton Asia Championships by defeating Singapore’s Yue Yann Jaslyn Hooi in straight games on Thursday. Jaslyn Hooi was defeated 21-16 21-16 in 42 minutes.
Later in the day, the World No. 7 pair and third-seeded Satwik-Chirag will compete for a place in the semi-finals against the fifth-seeded Malaysian pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik. In today’s men’s singles match, Kidambi Srikanth will face Weng Hong Yang of China.
