Lucknow: India’s two best women shuttlers – Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu – have set up a blockbuster singles summit clash after registering hard-fought semifinal victories at the India Grand Prix Gold here on Saturday.
Second seed Sindhu took sweet revenge of her last year final’s loss by packing off defending champion and Indonesian fourth seed Lindaweni Fanetri 21-6, 12-21, 21-17.
Earlier, top seed Saina reached her first final since the French Open Super Series in October 2012.
The World No. 9 had to dig deep to oust 2010 Youth Olympics silver medallist and Chinese sixth seed Xuan Deng 21-14, 17-21, 21-19.
Meanwhile, sixth seed Kidambi Srikanth also had to fight it out in the men’s singles semifinal against seventh seed HS Prannoy, beating him 21-18, 22-20.
In the final, the reigning national champion will take on Chinese ninth seed Xue Song, who outsted Aditya Prakash 21-10, 21-7.
The Indian challenge in doubles also came to an end as Chinese fourth seed Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen beat second seeds Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar 21-18, 21-15 in a men’s match. (IANS)