World Championship silver medallist PV Sindhu beat Chen Yufei of China in straight games to storm into the women's singles semi-final of the French Super Series, here on Friday.
This is Sindhu's first-ever last-four appearance in the tournament. The Olympic silver medallist took just 41 minutes to brush the challenge of World No 10 Yufei 21-14, 21-14 in the quarter-finals.
By virtue of this win, Indian had avenged upon her opening round loss to the Chinese at the Denmark Open, last week.
Sindhu, who had defeated Yufei at the World Championships, now lead the Chinese 3-2 in the overall head- to-head record.
Sindhu was in her element on Friday as she used her long reach and court coverage to flummox her opponent and get the better of her with consummate ease.
Yufei did not look her best on Friday as she was undone by numerous unforced errors.
Earlier, HS Prannoy dumped Denmark's Hans-Kristian Vittinghus in straight games to progress to the men's singles quarterfinals late last night.
Prannoy, who regained his career-best ranking of World No. 12 that he had achieved in June two years ago, took just 31 minutes to see off Vittinghus 21-11 21-12 to set up a clash with 2016 Australian Open finalist Jeon Hyeok-jin of Korea.
Prannoy will face Jeon Hyeok Jin of Korea in the semi-finals.