A fighting HS Prannoy edged out Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama to progress to the semi-finals, but two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu couldn’t find a way to get past her nemesis Tai Tzu Ying at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament here on Friday.

Prannoy, a former Top-10 player, continued his consistent run and weathered the storm against World No.14 Tsuneyama to emerge victorious 25-23, 22-20 in the 60-minute quarter-final clash, which ebbed and flowed throughout.