Badminton Asia Championships LIVE: PV Sindhu loses in semifinal; settles for Bronze — Scores, Results, Updates, Blog, Medal

Comfortable lead for Sindhu

Just some casual exchange of points post the break and Sindhu has maintained her six-point lead at 15-9.

Massive advantage for Sindhu

A healthy six-point lead for PV Sindhu at the mid-game break at 11-5 and this should be easy to wrap up. Yamaguchi has struggled to control the shuttle and has been a lot wayward with her shots. There have been a couple of misjudgments on the backline too, handing easy points to the Indian.

8-2

Easy peasy for Sindhu as Yamaguchi keeps hitting it long. The Japanese is struggling for rhythm; Sindhu won't mind this. The Indian leads 8-2.

Sindhu loses a challenge!

Sindhu's shot called out, but she challenges. The veteran is proven wrong and loses her challenge. That was a poor decision from PV Sindhu to challenge. She leads 3-2.

Good start for Sindhu!

Multiple errors from Yamaguchi and Sindhu is 2-0 within the blink of an eye. Good start for the Indian.

HEAD TO HEAD

PV Sindhu has a 13-8 advantage over Yamaguchi when it comes to head to head encounters. But the Japanese has been in a tremendous form of late and is the top seed in Badminton Asia Championships.

Sindhu on court!

An early end to match number 1 of court 1, thanks to a retirement and PV Sindhu has strode out alongside Akane Yamaguchi. The mandatory warmups for now and we will be all set in a couple of minutes.

Quarterfinal Result

PV Sindhu went past China's He Bing Jiao in a hard-fought three-setter in the quarterfinals.  

Gooood Morningggg!

It's the semifinals at the Badminton Asia Championships 2022 and PV Sindhu, in women's singles, is the only surviving Indian in the tournament. The two-time Olympic medallist has already assured herself of bronze and will be up against Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in a rematch of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics quarterfinal.

Can Sindhu advance? Stay tuned!