Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sindhu's victory has moved India to an inch closer to its second medal in the Olympics
Tokyo Olympics 2021: PV Sindhu has entered the semifinals of Tokyo Olympics after beating Japan's Akane Yamaguchi 21-13, 22-20. Sindhu is now an inch closer to a second Olympic medal for India.
The star Indian shuttler blazed through the first game in less than 25 minutes and won it 21-13. However, the second game went neck to neck for more than 30 minutes. Yamaguchi made the second game hard for Sindhu and she had to make every point count.
𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 😍
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) July 30, 2021
2016 Rio #Olympics 🥈 medalist @Pvsindhu1 beat local favourite 🇯🇵's Akane Yamaguchi 21-13, 22-20 in a thrilling Quarter final contest and enter the semi finals of @Tokyo2020 🔥#SmashfortheGlory#badminton#Tokyo2020#Cheer4India#TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/WYVOgDGXzY
Sindhu on Thursday had defeated Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt in the round of 16 match match for Tokyo Olympics women's individual event. In just 41 minutes Sindhu defeated Blichfeldt 21-15, 21-13 to enter the quarter-finals.