India's rising badminton star PV Sindhu reached her maiden final of a Grand Prix Gold beating Thailand's Sapsiree Taerattanachai in straight games in the women's singles semifinal of the KL Garg-Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold here on Saturday.
The World No 24, who missed her elder sister’s wedding in Hyderabad, beat the third seed 21-12, 21-14 comfortably in 39 minutes at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium. She next faces seventh seed and World No 33 Lindaweni Fanetri of Indonesia in Sunday’s final.
PV Sindhu
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Sindhu lost to Sapsiree in the same tournament last year when the Indian went down in the second round.u00a0“I played her last year too and lost that time. I had a fever then and a hamstring problem too,” said the No 2 seeded India who has beaten the Indonesian in the qualification rounds of the All England Open earlier this year.
“I have played her and have beaten her. I expect it to be a good match,” said Sindhu, adding that the title will be the perfect wedding gift for her sister P Divya.
“I’ll be missing her wedding but I can’t help it now having reached the final. I’ll try to win the tournament and give it as a gift to her,” she signed off.
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