Saina Nehwal defeated PV Sindhu in semi-finals of Indonesia Masters

In an all-Indian clash, Saina Nehwal defeated PV Sindhu in straight games to enter the semi-finals of the $350,000 Indonesia Masters badminton tournament. London Olympics bronze-medallist Saina, who is coming back from an ankle injury, took just 37 minutes to beat Sindhu 21-13, 21-19 in the quarter-final.

Former World No.1 Saina was in her supreme form and she completely dominated Sindhu from the very beginning of the match and took a 3-0 lead in the first game, however, Sindhu fought back and made it 4-4 but failed to have an upper hand in the game as Saina won the first game without any difficulties.

The World No.12 Saina, who recorded her second official win over second seed Sindhu in three meetings, will now play the women's singles semi-finals on Saturday, where she will clash against former world champion and Thai fourth seed Ratchanok Intanon, who defeated reigning world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the quarterfinals earlier in the day.