Rio Olympics Bronze medalist Nozomi Okuhara edged past Saina Nehwal 12-21, 21-17, 21-10 in a classic three-game encounter to reach the final of the Badminton World Championship. Nehwal dominated the first game but the Japanese scripted a remarkable comeback to win the next two games in 73 minutes.

PV Sindhu has registered an emphatic win over World No.6 Chinese Sun Yu 21-14, 21-9 to book a place in the semi-finals of the BWF World Badminton Championship in Glasgow. Although Yu tried everything to stop the Indian’s rampant game, it all proved to be short at the end.