Shuttler Sindhu sails to semis
Sports

Shuttler Sindhu sails to semis

July 31, 2021

Reigning World Champion P.V. Sindhu kept India’s hopes of winning a first-ever Olympic Gold in badminton alive as she reached the semifinals of Women’s Singles with a fighting straight-game win over World No. 5 Japanese Akane Yamaguchi here yesterday.

The 26-year-old Indian, who won a Silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics, defended brilliantly and rode on her attacking all-round game to outclass the fourth seeded Yamaguchi 21-13 22-20 in a 56-minute quarterfinal clash at the Musashino Forest Plaza here.

She will next face World No. 1 Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei in the semifinals today at 3.20 pm (IST).

ABOUT

Mysuru’s favorite and largest circulated English evening daily has kept the citizens of Mysuru informed and entertained since 1978. Over the past 45 years, Star of Mysore has been the newspaper that Mysureans reach for every evening to know about the happenings in Mysuru city. The newspaper has feature rich articles and dedicated pages targeted at readers across the demographic spectrum of Mysuru city. With a readership of over 2,50,000 Star of Mysore has been the best connection between it’s readers and their leaders; between advertisers and customers; between Mysuru and Mysureans.

CONTACT

Academy News Papers Private Limited, Publishers, Star of Mysore & Mysuru Mithra, 15-C, Industrial ‘A’ Layout, Bannimantap, Mysuru-570015. Phone no. – 0821 249 6520

To advertise on Star of Mysore, email us at

Online Edition: [email protected]
Print Editon: [email protected]
For News/Press Release: [email protected]

Searching