P V Sindhu v An Se-young, Korea Open 2022 Semifinal LIVE: An Seyoung leads 11-6 at interval : #RashtraNews
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Welcome to the Sportstar LIVE coverage of the Korea Open semifinal between India’s P V Sindhu and South Korea’s An se-Young. This is Nigamanth taking you through as the action unfurls.
7-11 Superb display of defense and smashes from Sindhu. Gets a point with a stellar smash that lands exactly on the side alley border.
6-11 An Seyoung goes into the interval with a healthy 5 point lead over. Sindhu has let the momentum slip and is paying the price.
6-9 Both the stars exchange points via short rallies. Sindhu with a point through an overhead shot and An Seyoung gets one back with a beautiful drop
4-8 Now that is effortless from the Korean international. Made the Indian run left and right and made it difficult for her to pick the shuttle. Game on!
4-7 Three points on the trot for the Swiss Open champ. A superb cross court smash to seal the point.
3-7 The first actual point that Sindhu has got this game. The other two were out of errors from An Seyoung. The deficit is reduced to 4 points.
2-7 Sindhu pulls one back as An Seyoung puts the shuttle wide. Still a long way to go for the Indian.
1-7 Sindhu is getting smashed all over the court now. That was a brilliant dive from An Seyoung and that is a well deserved point. Sublime stuff
1-4 Beautiful rally from both the athletes. Sindhu made An Seyoung stretch but eventually drops the bird on Sindhu’s court. Amazing control!
Sindhu 0-2 An Seyoung A very good start for An Seyoung. A fantastic back and fourth between the two but the Korean came out on top.
And the semifinal begins!!
The players have made their way into the middle and it’s about time to witness these powerhouses take on each other!
Toss: Sindhu has won the toss and asked An Seyoung to serve.
Now, we wait for the blockbuster of a match. The replay of the World tour final, P V Sindhu vs An Se-young.
In other news, Malasysia’s Tan and Lai beat Indonesia’s Rivaldy and Mentari in a closely contested match. The deciding set went down the wire butthe Malaysian pair pulled it off in the end with a 21-14, 22-20 win.
Head to head: Sindhu and An Se-young have faced each other on three occasions and it’s one way traffic in favour of the Korean. She has beaten the Indian on all three meetings.
PREVIEW:
Top Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the semifinals of the Korea Open Super 500 badminton tournament with contrasting wins here on Friday.
Third seed Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, notched up her 17th win over familiar foe Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21-10 21-16 in the women’s singles quarterfinals.
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Korea Open: Sindhu, Srikanth enter quarterfinal; Malvika, Lakshya bow out
She will face second seeded Korean An Seyoung in the semifinal.
In a battle between two former world number ones, it was World Championships silver medallist Srikanth, who rode on his power and precision to outwit local hope Son Wan Ho 21-12 18-21 21-12 in a men’s singles quarterfinal match that lasted just over an hour.
Srikanth had a 4-7 record against the Korean, having lost to him on last three occasions.
However, the Indian played better badminton on Friday to come up trumps against an opponent, who is coming back to international badminton after a two-year hiatus.
The Indian, seeded fifth, will next face the winner of the match between Thailand’s eighth seed, Kunlavut Vitidsarn and third seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia.
In women’s singles, Sindhu had no issues in disposing off Busanan, whom she had beaten at Swiss Open final last month. The Thai lead 5-2 in the opening game but after that it was a Sindhu show as she kept the match under her tight grip.
Leading 11-7, Sindhu produced an eight-point burst to pull away from the Thai and grab the lead in the match.
Things were similar after the change of sides as Sindhu held a 8-2 lead and kept moving ahead as the Thai crumbled.
In men’s singles, Srikanth showed better control as he dominated the short rallies to move to a comfortable 11-6 lead at the first interval and though Son Wan Ho made it 12-14, the Indian soon changed gears to walk away with the first game.
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Korea Open: Sindhu, Srikanth sail into second round
The Korean came back strongly in the second game, opening up a 10-7 lead but Srikanth moved ahead to 13-11. An alert Son Wan Ho didn’t let the game slip away and soon charged ahead to take it to the decider.
Srikanth made a rollicking 4-0 start in the decider but unforced errors allowed the Korean to make it 4-6. The Indian changed the pace with some quick attacking returns and his precision earned him returns. Srikanth managed a 11-7 lead at the interval.
A barrage of attacking shots kept Srikanth in the hunt as he extended his lead to 16-10. A precision return eventually got him to eight match points and he sealed it when Son Won Ho hit the net.
Where to watch? The Korea Open semifinal between P V Sindhu and An se-Young will be live telecast on History TV 18 HD, streamed on Voot Select and might (don’t worry we’ll keep you posted!) also be streamed live on the BWF TV youtube channel. |
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