Thailand Open 2022, Semifinals: PV Sindhu loses to Olympic champion Chen Yufei — Results, HIGHLIGHTS

Chen Yufei has 3 game points now at 20-17

Quite a few nervy moments as Sindhu is put in the pressure spot with Yufei having game points

Sindhu looks pumped up now and hits smashes hard to cover up at 17-15

Chen Yufei is being flash-fast and leads 16-11

Yufei is being lightning quick with her reflexes as a net shot baffles Sindhu as it goes past her ear, really and Sindhu can't return it because of the angle.

It's Yufei commanding this show now.

Costly errors from Sindhu as Yufei expands the lead at 11-7

Sindhu will have some catching up to do now as Yufei has a decent lead, mostly due to Sindhu's errors with the return

The pressure is ON in this first game as Yufei leads 9-5

Couple of errors from Sindhu with the return as Yufei has suddenly raced ahead

Yufei tries out net dropshots and leads 6-4!

Sindhu dishes out cross-court returns and forces Yufei to make errors

It is 4 ALL on the board and Sindhu is letting the shuttle toss from side to side as they both keep apace of each other on the scoreboard so far.

Long rallies to begin this match with as it is 2 ALL

Sindhu's Coach Park Tae-sang is back in the corner as he watches on. Sindhu is yet to go all-out attacking in this match and both players are easing into the groove.

The story is quite similar for Sindhu but she is in good form

Sindhu was given a scare in the first round against Lauren Lam and then in the quarters against World Champion Akane Yamaguchi - hopefully the stars will align for Sindhu once again today!

Chen Yufei has had to struggle a lot to reach the semis

Yufei was also stretched into three sets by her opponents in the quarters and pre-quarters!