As two time Women Singles winners, Saina Nehwal and Intanon (defending champion and 2013) lost today in quarterfinal, continuing her rise to the top, Sindhu won the battle of Indian titans reaching her second semifinal (after 2013 India Open) at India Open. Sameer Verma fought hard but failed to reach semifinal to emulate Kashyap (2012), Gurusaidutt (2010 Runners up), Srikanth (2015 winner) and Anand Pawar (2013). Viktor Axelsen reached his third consecutive semifinal and with Antonsen will make another effort to win first Men’s Singles title for Denmark at India Open. India Open 2017 saw a rare semifinal line up as all top four seeds in Women’s Singles and Mixed Doubles reached the semifinals. Only Indian hope Sindhu leads Sung Ji Hyun 6-4 in career meet and is targetting her first final at India Open. Check the semifinal schedule and today’s results for India.
Major Knockout: Top seeds in Men’s Doubles (Shem Goh / Tan) lost to 5th seed chinese pair
Indian Results in Quarterfinals
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Sindhu def Saina 21-16 22-20 in 47 minutes
Sameer Verma lost 24-22 21-19 in 53 minutes vs Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
Semifinal schedule
WS
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3rd seed Sindhu vs 2nd seed Sung Ji Hyun Korea)
Top seed Carolina Marin (Spain) vs 4th seed Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
MS
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3rd seed Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) vs 6th seed NG Ka Long Angus (Hong Kong)
7th seed Chou Tien Chen (Chinese Taipei) vs Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
WD
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Top seed Kyung Eun / Seung Chan (Korea) vs 7th seed Tanaka/Koharu (Japan)
3rd seed Naoko/Kurumi vs Yuki / Sayaka (Japan)
MD
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4th seed Marcus/Kevin (Indonesia) vs 7th seed Mads / Kolding (Denmark)
5th seed Junhui/Yuchen (China) vs 6th seed Ricky/Angga
XD
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Top seed Siwei / Chen (China) vs 4th seed Peng / Ying (Malaysia)
3rd seed Adcock/Adcock (England) vs 2nd seed Kai/Huang (China)
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