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Patna : Top seed Carolina Marin, 27, Spain, and 2nd seed P V Sindhu, 25, India, reached the semi-finals of Yonex Swiss Open 2021, an HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 badminton tournament, at St Jakshalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland, on March 5, 2021, evening, winning their respective quarter-finals matches in straight games.
World No 3 Carolina Marin beat 7th seed Beiwen Zhang, 30, USA, the World No 16, 21-13, 21-13 in just 34 minutes. Carolina won 42 rallies in the match to 26 by Zhang. She won 5 consecutive points during the match to 3 by Zhang. Carolina now leads Zhang 5-2 Head to Head.
World No 7 P V Sindhu beat 5th seed & World No 13 Busanan Ongbamrungphan, 24, Thailand, 21-16, 23-21 in a close contest in 59 minutes in QFs. Sindhu won 44 rallies in the match to 37 by Busanan. She won 5 consecutive points during the match to 4 by Busanan. Sindhu now leads Busanan 12-1 Head to Head.