Badminton Asia Championships: PV Sindhu beats China's He Bing Jiao to book semi-finals berth

Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu defeated He Bing Jiao of China to reach the semi-finals of the women's singles at the Badminton Asia Championships on Friday (April 29).

Fourth seed Sindhu, who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Asia Championships in Gimcheon defeated third seed He Bing Jiao 21-9, 13-21, 21-19 and secures a bronze medal in a one-hour 16 minutes thriller.

#Sindhu through to the Semis!

4th seed @Pvsindhu1 seals a thrilling three-game win (21-9, 13-21, 21-19) v/s 5th seed He Bing Jiao in the QFs of #AsianBadmintonChampionships. #Badminton #IndiaontheRise #Asia #pvsindhu #India #sports #BadmintonTalk #twitter pic.twitter.com/lzkqD7KPx7 — Trupti Murgunde (@TMurgunde) April 29, 2022

Earlier, PV Sindhu defeated Singapore's Yue Yann Jaslyn Hooi in straight games to reach the quarter-finals of the women's singles at the Badminton Asia Championships on last Thursday where she beat Jaslyn Hooi 21-16 21-16 in 42 minutes.

Later in the day, the World No. 7 pair and the third-seeded duo of Satwik-Chirag will take on the Malaysian pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, the fifth seeds for a place in the semi finals. While Kidambi Srikanth will be up against China's Weng Hong Yang in the men's singles game.