World No 1 Tai Tzu beats World Champion Sindhu in QFs of Yonex Fre nch Open

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Patna : World Champion P V Sindhu, 24, India, crashed out of Yonex French Open, an HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750 event, at Paris, France, going down fighting to World No 1 and top seed Tai Tzu Ying, 25, Chinese Taipei, in the quarter-finals on October 25, 2019, late night. Tai Tzu edged past Sindhu 21-16, 24-26, 21-17 in 75 minutes to advance to the semi-finals of the tournament.

Tai Tzu won 66 rallies in the match to 59 by Sindhu. Both the players won 4 consecutive points each in the match. Tai Tzu now leads Sindhu 11-5 Head to Head.

Tai Tzu will face reigning Olympic Champion Carolina Marin, 26, Spain, in the SFs on October 26, 2019. World No 17 Marin upset World No 5 Ratchanok Intanon, Thailand, in a three-game thriller 21-18, 17-21, 21-14 in 74 minutes in QFs on October 25 night.

World No 2 Akane Yamaguchi, 22, Japan, will face World No 16 A N Se Young, 17, South Korea, in the other SFs on October 26. Young had defeated Saina Nehwal, India, in the QFs on October 25 while