In Badminton, Rio Olympics and World Championships Silver medalist PV Sindhu will clash with China’s Chen Yufei in the semi-finals of the Dubai World Superseries Finals today. This will be the sixth meeting between the two shuttlers. Sindhu has won 3 of the 5 matches played, so far. In the Dubai World rankings, while Sindhu is fourth, Yufei is eighth.
Sindhu had topped Group-A with wins in all the three matches, while Yufei had finished second in Pool-B with 2 victories and a defeat.
In the other semi-final, Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi will face Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand.
Besides Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth was the other Indian shuttler who took part in the tournament. He failed to register a win and had crashed out in the group stage.