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    Home / News / Sports News / Japan Open: PV Sindhu once again beaten by Akane Yamaguchi
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    Japan Open: PV Sindhu once again beaten by Akane Yamaguchi

    Japan Open: PV Sindhu once again beaten by Akane Yamaguchi

    By Rajdeep Saha
    Jul 26, 2019
    07:30 pm

    What's the story

    India's women's singles badminton ace PV Sindhu's title-less run in 2019 continued.

    After bowing out in the final of the Indonesia Open, the shuttler crashed out of the ongoing Japan Open in the quarter-finals.

    Sindhu lost against her Indonesia conqueror Akane Yamaguchi.

    Meanwhile, men's singles player Sai Praneeth reached the last four.

    Details

    Yamaguchi topples Sindhu in straight games

    Yamaguchi overcame Sindhu 21-18, 21-15 in another strong display.

    Sindhu started off with a strong 9-4 lead, before going up 12-7.

    But Yamaguchi had other plans and staged a strong fight.

    A series of straight points and crucial defensive strategy helped Sindhu's opponent.

    Yamaguchi was terrific in the second game and tested Sindhu from all fronts.

    Sindhu failed to launch a fight back.

    Women's singles

    Yamaguchi to face Chen Yufei, world number one Ying stunned

    Yamaguchi set up a crunch semi-final clash against Chen Yufei of China.

    Chen Yufei overcame Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21-18, 15-21, 21-12.

    Meanwhile, the other semi-final will see former world champion Nozomi Okuhara set up a clash against Michelle Li.

    The Canadian upset world number one Tai Tzu Ying 21-15, 15-21, 22-20 in a mouth-watering contest.

    Praneeth

    Praneeth defeats Sugiarto, to face top seed in semis

    26-year-old Sai Praneeth took just 36 minutes to dispatch Indonesia's Tommy Sugiarto 21-12, 21-15.

    The promising shuttler set up a crunch semi-final clash against local favorite and top seed Kento Momota.

    Momota prevailed in a tense encounter against Anthony Ginting 21-13, 20-22, 21-15 in an hour and 30 minutes.

    This is the second semi-final appearance for Praneeth in 2019.

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    Praneeth up for a stern battle against 24-year-old Momota

    Praneeth has looked solid in his approach. He beat Kanta Tsuneyama 21-13, 21-16 in the second round. The game had lasted 45 minutes. Praneeth will face a stern test against top seed Momota. The latter prevailed in the Singapore Open first round against Praneeth.

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