Summary:
Lucknow, Jan 21 (PTI) Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu rallied from a game down to eke out a hard-fought win over Thailand"s Supanida Katething to enter the semifinals of the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament here on Friday.
The top-seeded Indian beat her Thai rival, seeded sixth in the tournament, 11-21 21-12 21-17 in a quarterfinal match that lasted one hour and five minutes.
Sindhu will face fifth-seeded Russian Evgeniya Kosetskaya in the semifinals.
The other women"s semifinal will be an all-Indian affair between Malvika Bansod and Anupama Upadhyaya, both of whom winning their respective quarterfinal matches.
Bansod beat compatriot Aakarshi Kashyap 21-11 21-11 while Upadhyaya got the better of another Indian Samiya Imad Farooqui 24-22 23-21.
In the men"s singles, however, HS Prannoy crashed out of the tournament with a straight-game defeat to Arnaud Merkle of France in the quarterfinals.