Badminton Asia Championships: PV Sindhu beats China`s He Bing Jiao to book semi-finals berth

PV Sindhu defeated He Bing Jiao 21-9, 13-21, 21-19 to secure a bronze medal

Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu defeated He Bing Jiao of China to reach the semi-finals of the women's singles at the Badminton Asia Championships on Friday (April 29).

Fourth seed Sindhu, who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Asia Championships in Gimcheon defeated third seed He Bing Jiao 21-9, 13-21, 21-19 and secures a bronze medal in a one-hour 16 minutes thriller.

Earlier, PV Sindhu defeated Singapore's Yue Yann Jaslyn Hooi in straight games to reach the quarter-finals of the women's singles at the Badminton Asia Championships on last Thursday where she beat Jaslyn Hooi 21-16 21-16 in 42 minutes.

Later in the day, the World No. 7 pair and the third-seeded duo of Satwik-Chirag will take on the Malaysian pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, the fifth seeds for a place in the semi finals. While Kidambi Srikanth will be up against China's Weng Hong Yang in the men's singles game.