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Syed Modi International, Day 4 LIVE: Prannoy loses, Sindhu makes it to semis — Blog, Scores, Updates, Results
Semi-final spots are up for grabs as PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy make their bid for it at the Syed Modi International. Follow live.
PV Sindhu (Source: BAI)
Welcome to the live blog of The Bridge from Day 4 of the Syed Modi International 2022.
It's quarter-finals day at the Syed Modi International 2022 where we'll bring you exciting badminton action that is taking place at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow. There are two incredibly exciting clashes slated for today with double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu eyeing a semi-final berth along with HS Prannoy, as well.
While Sindhu, the top seed at the tournament takes on Thailand's Supanida Katethong and hopes to get her revenge for losing to the Thai player in the semi-finals of the India Open, Prannoy, who survived a scare against Priyanshu Rajawat, will go up against Arnaud Merkle.
Follow all badminton action LIVE here:
Live Updates
- 21 Jan 2022 12:24 PM GMT
PV Sindhu is looking all fiery now!!! SHE HAS GAME POINT!
Into Game 2, Sindhu has been fiery and has come all guns blazing!
- 21 Jan 2022 12:13 PM GMT
Rallies are longer and tense now!
Supanida is making Sindhu cover a lot of the court and is producing cheeky shots. Sindhu still leads 9-6!
- 21 Jan 2022 12:04 PM GMT
Very glaring errors from Sindhu - not very expected!
Sindhu is yet to make a mark in this match as Supanida Katethong quite easily wins the first game, 21-11.
Sindhu needs to step up NOW!
- 21 Jan 2022 12:02 PM GMT
Huge lead for Supanida at 17-10!
PV Sindhu keeps making costly errors, she is yet to play unihibited!
- 21 Jan 2022 11:59 AM GMT
Beautiful cross-court smash from the queen!
PV Sindhu leaps high for a cross-court smash! But Supanida looks comfortable with the lead at 14-9. Sindhu needs to attack NOW!
- 21 Jan 2022 11:55 AM GMT
Sindhu needs to cut down on the unforced errors!
Supanida is moving too well on the court and Sindhu is a little on the backfoot here and Supanida leads 11-6 in the mid-game interval!
- 21 Jan 2022 11:51 AM GMT
Sindhu is being deceptive here, forces errors from Supanida!
This match will be a thriller as Supanida is being tricky - but Sindhu is making her play net points.
Katethong, the left-hander, leads 6-4 in the first game!
