French Open Super Series: Kidambi Srikanth beats HS Prannoy; PV Sindhu crashes out

In an all-Indian semi-final, Kidambi Srikanth beats HS Prannoy 14-21, 21-19 21-18. Earlier, PV Sindhu lost her women's singles semi-final against Yamaguchi.

By: Express Web Desk
Updated: October 28, 2017 08:53 PM IST

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PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy featured in the semifinals of French Open Super Series on Saturday.

Mixed day for Indian shuttlers at French Open Super Series as Kidambi Srikanth booked a place in the men’s singles final while HS Prannoy, PV Sindhu crashed out after losing their respective semis contest. Prannoy was up against Srikanth in an all-Indian semi-final clash and the shuttler did well to win the opening game 21-14. Srikanth showed his class in the next two as he sealed them 21-19, 21-18 to make it to his second consecutive Super Series final. Earlier, India’s PV Sindhu lost to Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi in the women’s singles semi-final. Sindhu was locked with Yamaguchi at 14-14 in the opening but the Japanese exploded after that and took seven points in that game to seal it 21-14 and added six more to open up a big 6-0 lead in the second. The final scoreline read 21-14, 21-9 in Yamaguchi’s favour.

French Open semifinal, PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi and Kidambi Srikanth vs HS Prannoy: As it happened