Badminton Asia Championships, Quarter-finals LIVE: Sindhu enters semis, Satwik-Chirag lose — Scores, Results, Updates, Blog
Sindhu maintains a 11-point lead!
Bingjiao offers some feeble resitance with her angled smashes but Sindhu is in a different mode altogether and leads at 18-7!
Sindhu is channelling great form here!
Sindhu is charging like never before and her half-smashes are being tricky for Bingjiao to figure out.
The unforced errors are piling for the Chinese as Sindhu has a massive 15-4 lead!
Sindhu has been brilliant so far, mixing her shots so well!
A very positive start for Sindhu here in the quarterfinals as it has been just one-way traffic here!
Sindhu leads 11-2
Sindhu takes a massive lead!
Sindhu looks every bit dominant here and is making good angles and is attacking away.
Bingjiao is still finding her way here and Sindhu laps up on the errors of the Chinese and takes a whopping 10-2 lead!
Sindhu gets the early lead!
Sindhu bites in early and snatches serve right away!
Mid-length rallies as we begin as both players are warming up here but Sindhu is making for better angles and powerful smashes! Bingjiao with the errors here.
Sindhu leads 4-2.
Players on court!
And it is time - Sindhu and He Bingjiao are on court and we are good to begin!
Bingjiao will open serve, Sindhu to receive!
Sindhu and He Bingjiao have a pretty intense rivalry!
For Sindhu, who has won the Syed Modi and the Swiss Open titles this year, He Bingjiao will be a tough challenge given their rivalry.
Bingjiao has troubled Sindhu plenty in the past and leads the head-to-head at 9-7.
In fact, they met at the stage of the Asia Championships as well in 2017 Wuhan and on that occasion, it was Bingjiao who had the last word.
It remains to be seen if Sindhu can turn that story around and get into Tokyo-mode and win!
Sindhu has a tough nut to crack - she takes on He Bingjiao!
PV Sindhu will face her Tokyo Olympics opponent - He Bingjiao in the quarterfinals and she has to be careful against the sprightly Chinese, who will be looking for revenge for the Tokyo loss!
Here's how their last encounter panned out:
Get ready for an exciting day of badminton!
A couple of exciting clashes are lined up for the day as PV Sindhu and Satwik-Chirag are one match win away from securing a medal at the Badminton Asia Championships!
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