Sai Praneeth enters the semi finals of the Singapore Open Super Series

Sai Praneeth beats Thailand’s Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk by 15-21, 21-14, 21-19 in a thrilling match as Sai Praneeth enters the semi finals of the Singapore Open Super Series.

Tanongsak ranked 6th, as expected took the first game 15-21 by completely dominating the 24 year old Indian Shuttler. Although Sai came back strong in the second and made sure it doesn’t turn out to be a one sided battle as he won the game 21-14.

 

 

The third game was a thriller and a delight to the eyes as both the players tried their level best in outplaying each other. At a point it was 17-17 and tension was starting to grip in, but Sai could hold off his nerves in the decisive moments and won the game 21-19 to reach the semis.

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Later today in the women’s category PV Sindhu faces off her Olympic rival Carolina Marin for the second time in two weeks. The match is expected to start at 4:30 PM IST and would be telecast at Star Sports 2 and Star Sports HD2 with live streaming at Hotstar. In the men’s category Srikanth Kidambi would be against 5th seeded Chinese Shi Yuqi.