In men’s singles, HS Prannoy took on All England Champion Shi Yuqi of China. Both players started on equal footing at 3-3. Shi Yuqi showed his class and took a lead of 6-3.
Prannoy made a comeback to reduce the gap to 7-8 in favour of the Chinese. At the interval, Shi Yuqi led 11-8. After the interval, Prannoy tried to make a comeback into the game but Shi played aggressive badminton to win the first game 21-17.
The second game also saw both players taking alternate points till 3-3. Shi then played aggressive badminton to take a 6-3 lead. Prannoy fought back brilliantly to level the scores at 7-7.
At the interval, Shi led 11-8. After the interval, Shi had a comfortable lead of 16-14 but Prannoy made a strong comeback to level the scores at 17-17. The Chinese held his nerves and won the second game 21-18 to progress into the semi-finals.
PV Sindhu took on He Bingjao in the women’s singles. It was a disappointing performance by Sindhu, who committed lots of errors. In the first game, Bingjao started on a positive note but the Commonwealth Games silver medallist showed great fighting spirit to level the scores at 10-10. The Chinese had 11-10 lead at the interval. After the interval, Bingjao took points to win the first set 21-14.
The Olympic silver medalist made a bright start to the second game, taking an early 5-1 lead. Bingjao made a strong comeback to take an 11-9 lead at the interval. After the interval, the Chinese continued her domination and won the 2nd game 21-15 to progress into the semi-finals.
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