PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy sailed into the semifinals of the Malaysia Masters BWF Super-500 tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. While Sindhu registered a hard-fought 21-16, 13-21, 22-20 victory against Zhang Yi Man of China, Prannoy defeated Kenta Nishimoto of Japan 25-23, 18-21, 21-13.
Kidambi Srikanth crashed out, losing to Indonesian youngster Christian Adinata 21-16, 16-21, 11-21. This is only the second Super-500 semifinal for the 21-year-old Adinata, who will face Prannoy on Saturday.
