Last Updated: October 20, 2023, 21:42 IST
PV Sindhu gained in two video games. (PTI Photo)
It hasn’t been precisely easy crusing for PV Sindhu on this event as she took three video games to eliminate her opponents – Kristy Gilmour and Mariska Tunjung – within the first two rounds.
Star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu confirmed glimpses of her previous self, dispensing a compact recreation to storm into the semifinals of Denmark Open Super 750 event with a snug win over World No. 19 Supanida Katethong in Odense on Friday.
The two-time Olympic medallist, who has endured a winless section this season, displayed her immaculate retrieving abilities and exemplary internet play to outshine Katethong 21-19, 21-12 in 47 minutes and make it to a second semifinal in two weeks.
She had reached the semifinals at Arctic Open Super 500 final week in Finland.
Sindhu will face both Spain’s three-time world champion Carolina Marin or Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei subsequent.
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It hasn’t been precisely easy crusing for Sindhu on this event as she took three video games to eliminate her opponents — world no 28 Kristy Gilmour and world no 7 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung within the first two rounds.
Coming into this match, the Indian loved a 3-2 file towards the Thai however the twin losses at India Open 2022 and 2023 editions would nonetheless damage Sindhu, because it got here in entrance of her dwelling crowds.
But on Friday, the 28-yr-previous considerably erased these reminiscences as she matched her technically sound opponent in each division and managed to restrict her errors to come up trumps.
Katethong tried to make Sindhu transfer across the courtroom together with her pushes to the again after which drawing her to internet. But Sindhu was up for it and saved at it in the course of the quick-paced rallies. She performed some cross-courtroom forehands to good have an effect on.
The Indian did miss a few factors for misjudgement on the backline however that didn’t matter as she grabbed a 11-8 lead with a cross-courtroom smash.
After the change of ends, the Thai erred within the forecourt few instances to permit Sindhu dominate the proceedings. The Indian was up 19-12 in a jiffy.
The Thai performed some exact pictures on the traces to threaten Sindhu’s supremacy. The Indian was additionally responsible of creating unforced errors as Katethong recovered to 17-19.
However, the Indian crushed the revival with a on-the-line return to seize three recreation factors and sealed the opening recreation after Katethong floated a cross-courtroom extensive.
In the second recreation, Katethong struggled together with her size and sprayed the shuttle lengthy and extensive as Sindhu was up 5-1. Two exact returns, and a fortunate internet chord, helped Katethong to draw degree at 5-5.
Sindhu nevertheless managed to eke out a 9-6 lead. The Thai appeared to step up the tempo and made it 8-9 after unleashing a straight smash. Katethong arrange the factors nicely however failed in execution as Sindhu once more led 11-9.
The Hyderabadi regarded extra aggressive as she had all of the solutions to the questions her opponent threw at her. She blended her half smashes, drives and drops to preserve gathering factors as Katethong fell right into a pool of errors, particularly in her pursuit to go for the traces.
The consequence was that the Indian was up 16-10. With the Thai going lengthy once more, Sindhu moved to 18-11. She produced a cross courtroom forehand to collect one other level and shortly grabbed eight match factors.
Sindhu sealed it comfortably with one other trademark cross courtroom smash.
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