Second seeded shuttler P.V. Sindhu of India won her match to progress to the women’s singles semi-finals of the $120,000 India Grand Prix Gold at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium here Friday.
last year’s runner-up Sindhu beat Indonesian seventh-seed Hera Desi 21-11, 21-13 in 34 minutes to take a 2-0 lead in career meetings. The World No.11 faces a tricky semi-final draw as she takes on defending champion and fourth-seed lindaweni Fanetri, who ousted India’s Arundhati Pantawane 21-10, 21-7 in 36 minutes.
Though Sindhu has a 3-2 head-to-head against the lindaweni, last year’s final could play on her mind. Meanwhile, Thai women’s doubles pair Phataimas Muenwong and Kilasu Ostermeyer made short work of India’s Jwala Gutt