Badminton, Denmark Open Super 750: PV Sindhu cruises into semi-finals with straight-games win

Indian badminton star PV Sindhu on Friday reached the semi-final of the 2023 Denmark Open Super 750 in Odense. The two-time Olympic medallist secured her place in the last-four with a comfortable straight-games win over Thailand’s Supanida Katethong.

The Thai player started strongly taking a 5-2 lead in the opening game, but Sindhu soon found her groove and the pair exchanged points before the Indian pulled ahead to take a 12-8 lead. Despite holding the upper hand, Sindhu gave some easy points away to her opponent but did enough to take the first game 21-19.

The Indian took the momentum into the second game and took a 9-6 lead. Katethong brought Sindhu’s lead down to a point but at 10-9, Sindhu won the next six points to knock the wind out of Katethong’s sails.

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PV Sindhu cruises into the semi-final! The two-time Olympic medallist beats Supanida Katethong 21-19, 21-12

Her reward? A last-four meeting against one of her two biggest rivals: Carolina Marin or Tai Tzu Yinghttps://t.co/4KhIGHV7kb pic.twitter.com/1GR3cjrZcU— The Field (@thefield_in) October 20, 2023

The Indian dropped just three points after that as she secured a comfortable 21-19, 21-12 win and reach her fifth semi-final on the BWF tour this season.

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