Tokyo Olympics: Badminton LIVE Day 8 — PV Sindhu's loses super semifinal against Tai Tzu-ying — Updates, scores, results, blog
The Queen of Deception off to a great start!
Tai Tzu Ying off to a great start but Sindhu comes back to equal the score (2-2)
Que the fireworks!
And we are off, with Sindhu set to serve in what is to be a cracker of a match.
It is almost that time!
We are just a few moments away from witnessing one of the most epic matches.
Chen Yufei secures her place in the Finals!
Chen Yufei wins the deciding game 21-12 against her compatriot He Bingjiao and is set to face either Sindhu or Tai Tzu-Ying.
Chen leads 14-9!
Chen leads by 14-9 in a well-contested game 3, due to her intense and aggressive gameplay, which her compatriot is struggling to keep up with at the moment.
Y.F. Chen leads 6-3!
Chen with an aggressive comeback after He Bingjiao pulls a game back and leads game 3, 6-3 after scoring five straight points.
We are moments away from a chance to rewrite history!
History beckons as we are a few precious moments away from the beginning of what might be a milestone day for both Sindhu and our country.
He Bingjiao dominates in the other Semi-Finals!
World number 9, He Bingjiao leads game 2 by 11-6 after a 21-16 loss in game 1 against compatriot Y.F.Chen.
Cometh the moment, cometh the woman!
Despite Tzu Ying having the better head to head record, she has lost to Sindhu when it mattered the most, such as the Round of 16 in the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2019 World Championships. The World number 1, despite holding on to the rank for a record 148 weeks, has not won a World Championship title or gone past the Quarter-Finals in the Olympics. Sindhu, meanwhile, has proven herself to be a big game player and ups the ante when the stakes are higher.
Sindhu goes into the match in better form, with Tai Tzu Ying having the better H2H record!
Sindhu stormed into the Semi-Finals with a dominant win against World number 5 Akane Yamaguchi while, Tai Tzu Ying almost suffered yet another shock exit in a major event with a hard-fought win against Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon. Sindhu has her task cut out for her as Tzu Ying has the better head to head record, leading 13-5.
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