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Badminton Asia Championships LIVE: PV Sindhu loses in semifinal; settles for Bronze — Scores, Results, Updates, Blog, Medal
PV Sindhu will be on the quest to upgrade her medal colour as she takes on Akane Yamaguchi for a place in the finals of the Badminton Asia Championships. Follow LIVE.
PV Sindhu will take on Akane Yamaguchi in the semi-finals of the Badminton Asia Championships 2022 (Source: Twitter/BAC)
Welcome to the live blog of The Bridge from the semi-finals of the Badminton Asia Championships 2022!
PV Sindhu is the lone woman standing and she has a stiff challenge to conquer in the form of familiar foe and reigning World Champion Akane Yamaguchi for a place in the finals at Manila, Phillippines.
Interestingly, Sindhu put up a dominant show against her Tokyo bronze match opponent He Bingjiao in the quarters and now she needs to tame Yamaguchi, who she defeated at the quarters of the Olympics.
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Live Updates
- 30 April 2022 5:53 AM GMT
Comfortable lead for Sindhu
Just some casual exchange of points post the break and Sindhu has maintained her six-point lead at 15-9.
- 30 April 2022 5:50 AM GMT
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.
- 30 April 2022 5:46 AM GMT
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.
- 30 April 2022 5:44 AM GMT
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.
- 30 April 2022 5:43 AM GMT
Good start for Sindhu!
Multiple errors from Yamaguchi and Sindhu is 2-0 within the blink of an eye. Good start for the Indian.
- 30 April 2022 5:41 AM GMT
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.
- 30 April 2022 5:39 AM GMT
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.
- 30 April 2022 5:23 AM GMT
Quarterfinal Result
PV Sindhu went past China's He Bing Jiao in a hard-fought three-setter in the quarterfinals.
- 30 April 2022 5:18 AM GMT
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!
