Indian badminton star Pusarla Venkata Sindhu victoriously advances to the semifinal round of the ongoing BWF Thaihot China Open after eliminating home crowd favorite Chinese shuttler He Bingjiao in their quarterfinals matchup on Friday at the Haixia Olympic Sports Center in the city of Fuzhou.

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According to the tournament results in the official website of the BWF, the 2016 Summer Olympic Games silver medalist scored an impressive straight-set 22-20, 21-10 win over He to secure her place in the semifinal stage of the USD 700,000 World Superseries Premier event. Sindhu wrapped up the match in 39 minutes to book a final four showdown against the sixth seeded Sung Ji Hyun of the South Korea.

The 25-year-old Korean badminton ace defeated Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in their respective quarterfinal duel with a hard-fought 22-20, 10-21, 21-18 that lasted for an hour and 10 minutes. Sung is currently ranked No. 7 in the world by the BWF.

Both players are gunning for their first China Open trophy with the 21-year-old Sindhu looking to stretch her spectacular game performance during her successful campaign at the Rio Olympic Games.

With the win, Sindhu registered her third triumph in her seventh meeting over the Chinese player, who is now making her presence felt in the recent top BWF events after winning two World Superseries and two Grand Prix Gold titles this season.

Basing from the report of the News18, the 19-year-old He took on an early 5-1 lead in the opening set and kept the gap to 17-14. Sindhu scored three unanswered straight points to tie the game to 17-17 before they went neck and neck to 20-20 and claimed the first set.

The world No. 11 Indian shuttler had an easier time in the second game with her Chinese opponent committing errors. Sindhu, who is the only Indian competitor remaining in the competition, mixed her strokes well and capped the set in just 17 minutes to seal the victory and to move a match closer to the championship round of the prestigious badminton tournament.

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