Lucknow, Jan 21: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu rallied from a game down to eke out a hard-fought win over Thailand’s Supanida Katething to enter the semifinals of the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament here on Friday.
The top-seeded Indian beat her Thai rival, seeded sixth in the tournament, 11-21, 21-12, 21-17 in a quarter-final match that lasted one hour and five minutes.
Sindhu will face fifth-seeded Russian Evgeniya Kosetskaya in the semi-finals.
In the men’s singles, however, HS Prannoy crashed out of the tournament with a straight-game defeat to Arnaud Merkle of France in the quarter-finals.
Mithun Manjunath, however, advanced to the semi-finals after beating Sergey Sirant of Russia 11-21, 21-12, 21-18 in another quarter-final match. Manjunath will face Merkle in the semi-finals.
In the mixed doubles event, the Indian pair of MR Arjun and Treesa Jolly beat the eight seeded French duo of William Villeger and Anne Tran 24-22 21-17 in the quarter-final match that lasted 42 minutes. They will face compatriots and seventh seeded pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto in the semifinals. (PTI)
