Indian Badminton star Pusarla Venkata Sindhu reached the semi-finals of BWF Singapore Open 2022 after winning a thrilling three game match against Han Yue of China. Now, the head-to-head score between the two is led by Sindhu by 3-0.

It was not a cake-walk for the Indian shuttler as the world number 19 gave her a tough time. In the first game, the scores were pretty equal, before the Chinese shuttler took a lead. Sindhu had to score four consecutive points to overcome the challenge, but it was not enough. Han Ye strikes against and went on to win the first game 17-21. In the second game, Sindhu started well and gave Han no chance to recover. It was her seven consecutive points in the end that led her to win the second game.

The third game started in a similar fashion as the first one, but Han Ye managed to take a decisive lead as Sindhu seemed to struggle. Then Sindhu had to score seven consecutive points to overcome the match pressure. When the score stood at 19 all, Sindhu scored the two winning points to book her spot in the semi-finals.

She will be facing Saena Kawakami, the Japanese world No. 38 in the semis. Kawakami caused a big upset in the quarter-finals by eliminating the sixth-seeded Pornpawee Chochuwong.