It was a gruelling one hour and 15 minute battle between Lakshya and Prannoy who eventually eked out a 17-21, 21-16, 21-17 over his teammate. It was the fourth meeting of the year for the two Indians after Prannoy's win, their head-to-head record standing at 2-2.
Incidentally, it was Prannoy's first win over Momota in eight matches. In their previous clashes, the Indian won only one game against his higher-rated Japanese rival.
The Indian men's doubles pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila moved to the pre-quarterfinals but Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy made a second round exit from the prestigious tournament.
Commonwealth Games 2022 Opening Ceremony: India are the world champion in men`s team competition having won their maiden Thomas Cup title a few months back and Sindhu is also in top form and won the Singapore Open earlier this month.
PV Sindhu received congratulatory tweets from everywhere for her stupendous achievement. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted to congratulate the two-time Olympics medallist.
India' two-time Olympics medallist PV Sindhu will play China's Wang Zhi Yi in the final of the Singapore Open on Sunday (July 17). She stormed into the women`s singles final at the Singapore Open 2022 after beating Japan`s Saena Kawakami in the semifinal on Saturday.
The match did not start well for Sindhu as she lost the first game by the margin of 18-21. Sindhu bounced back in the next two games, winning them comfortably by margin of 21-15, 21-11.
In Saina, Parupalli's absence, Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu would be in focus as they look to hit top gear in the build-up to the Commonwealth Games, starting July 28.
India's two-time Olympic medalist lost 17-21,16-21 against the defending champion. The game lasted for 43 minutes. Chen will take on the winner of the second semifinals.
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