PV Sindhu in semifinals at French Open

Paris, October 29

India’s double Olympics medallist PV Sindhu continued her impressive run at the French Open by sailing into the women’s singles semifinals with a straight-game win over Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan here today.

Sindhu scripted a convincing 21-14 21-14 win. Sindhu, the reigning world champion, had defeated Denmark’s Line Christophersen, ranked 24th in the world, 21-19 21-9 on Thursday night to enter the quarters.

The world No. 7 Indian will now cross swords with Japan’s world No. 15 Sayaka Takahashi in the last-four on Saturday.

Young Lakshya Sen’s fine run ended in the men’s singles quarterfinals after he lost 17-21 15-21 to South Korea’s Heo Kwanghee. In the men’s doubles, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, seeded fifth, lost 18-21 21-18 21-17 to the fourth-seeded Malaysians Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the quarterfinals. — PTI