BWF Tour Finals | PV Sindhu storms into finals; Sameer Verma loses to Shi Yuqi

In the first game, Sindhu got off to a steady 6-4 lead in the semi. Intanon tried to bounce back but eventually ended up losing the first game 16-21 in a little less than 20 minutes. In the second game, the world number eight gave a tough fight to Sindhu. The Thai shuttler took the match to the tie-breaker but Sindhu held on to her nerves and wrapped up the second game 25-23 to make the finals. The Indian ace will now face Nozomi Okuhara of Japan on Sunday in the final in a repeat of last year’s BWF World Championships final.

In the Men's singles semi-final, Sameer Verma won the opening game against the world number two but Shi Yuqi bounced back in the second game and ended up winning the second by a narrow 22-20 margin. In the third and final game, the Indian shuttler lost momentum against the Chinese and ended up on the wrong side of the match and suffered a 17-21 loss in the semis.