Live updates of PV Sindhu v/s Chen Yufei semifinal in Dubai World Superseries Final 2017.
PV Sindhu has booked her place in the finals of the Dubai World Superseries Finals 2017. The Rio Olympic silver-medallist beat China's Chen Yufei 21-15, 21-18 in the last-four clash on Saturday. Sindhu will meet Akane Yamaguchi who beat Ratchanok Intanon 17-21, 21-12, 21-19 to enter the final. Sindhu has already beaten Yamaguchi in the group stage.
Here is how it happened:
'21:44
THAT"S IT
Sindhu wins the second game 21-18 to enter the final.
'21:42
But the game is not so easy. Chen win the longest rally of the game (57). Chen is holding her ground- makes it 19-18.
'21:40
Sindhu is not going let Chen back in the game now. Very aggressive play for her- 19-16.
'21:38
Sindhu finally breaks Chen's streak, makes it 16-16.
'21:37
Sindhu stops the play to catch her breath but Chen catches the point. She is leading now 16-15
'21:36
Four consecutive points to Chen- the Chinese has levelled the score at 15-15 in the second game. Will there be a decider in the match?
'21:35
Chen wins two points to reduce the lead to 15-13. The momentum swing again.
'21:33
But Sindhu is unstoppable today- 2 points to her and the 4-point lead is restored. It was a vicious smash to get the second point. 15-11.
'21:31
Chen is not letting this one go without a fight- 2 points to her and the score is 13-11 now.
'21:30
Chen wins the first point after the break but Sindhu take two extend her lead, 13-9 now.
'21:27
Sindhu leads the second game 11-8 at the break.
'21:26
A good low drop return from the Indian- Chen stretches but can't reach it. 10-7
'21:25
It is not over yet- Chen wins 3 points on the trot to make it 9-7.
'21:23
What a point- another long rally. Sindhu is ready for Chen's every move and in the end the Chinese nets it again. 9-4
'21:21
It's 8-4 now as both players win one point each. Chen nets her return as Sindhu is looking more and more confident.
'21:20
Brilliant from Sindhu- she shows quick reflexes to make a beautiful return- the lead is 7-3 now.
'21:17
Another long rally but this time Chen hits it wide- Sindhu has come back to take a 5-3 lead.
'21:14
Chen wins a long rally with a good smash, leads second game 2-1.
'21:10
PV Sindhu takes the first game 21-15. She was flying after the break.
'21:07
Sindhu has made it 18-14 now. Just 3 points needed to take the game.
'21:05
Chen rallies to back to win 2 points and make it 16-14.
'21:03
Sindhu challenges a call- and makes it 16-12 in her favour.
'21:00
Sindhu does well after the break- extends her lead to 15-11.
'20:55
Sindhu leads the game 11-10 at the break in the first game.
'20:48
Good start of the match as Sindhu flies off to 5-1 lead. But, Yufei comes back to make it 5-4
'20:40
PV Sindhu is ready to walk out on the court.
'20:35
Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen of China beat Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia 21-12, 21-17 to win the match. Sindhu's match is next.
'20:10
The mixed doubles match between Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia and Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen of China is going on right now. Sindhu will take the court after this match.
Today's big results:
# Viktor Axelsen wins 21-12, 21-8 against China's Shi Yuqi. The defending champion and world number 1 reaches the final of the tournament for the third consecutive time. (Men's singles)
# Akane Yamaguchi beats Ratchanok Intanon 17-21, 21-12, 21-19 to enter the final. (Women's singles)
# Chun Man Tang and Ying Suet Tse of Hong Kong beat Yilyu Wang and Dongping Huang of China 18-21 21-18 21-17. (Mixed doubles)
# Cheng Liu and Nan Zhang of China beat Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen of Denmark 21-17 21-16. (Men's doubles)
# Shiho Tanaka and Koharu Yonemoto of beat Korea beat Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen of Denmark 21-19 21-19 (Women's doubles)
# Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia beat Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda of Japan 21-10 18-21 21-16 (Men's doubles)
# Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirtota of Japan beat Yaqiong Huang and Xiaohan Yu of China 21-13 21-14 (Women's doubles)
Unbeaten Sindhu
On Friday, PV Sindhu eased past Japan's Akane Yamaguchi 21-9, 21-13 in the last group stage fixture of the women's singles to finish Group A at the top and reach the semi-finals of the tournament unbeaten.
Sindhu will now look to end her season on high when she faces Yufei in their last-four clash. This will be the sixth meeting between the two shuttlers.
The 22-year-old has won all her three group matches of the tournament. In her opening match, the Indian thrashed China's He Bingjao 21-11, 16-21, 21-18 and followed that up with a 21-13, 21-12 win against Japan's Sayaka Sato in second match.
Sindhu has already won India and Korea Open Super Series at the start of the season, while she has grabbed silver at Glasgow World Championship and Hong Kong Open.
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