Kidambi Srikanth continued his fine form to enter the men's singles semi-finals but Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal bowed out of the Australian Open Super Series badminton tournament in Sydney on Friday.
In the all-Indian quarterfinal duel between Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth, it was the former who came out on top with a fighting 25-23, 21-17 win over his countryman.
Srikanth, who had edged out World Number One Son Wan Ho on route his title triumph at the Indonesia Open last week, will face fourth seed Yuqi Shi of China in the last four.
PV Sindhu, however, failed to get the better of World Number one and top seed Tai Tzu Ying of the Chinese Taipei for the seventh time in her career.
Sindhu squandered a game's advantage to go down 21-10, 20 -22, 16-21 in a thrilling women's singles quarter-final contest that lasted exactly an hour.
Defending champion and London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal went down 17-21, 21-10, 17-21 to sixth seeded Sun Yu of China in the other singles quarter-final.
Nehwal and Sun Yu were neck and neck until 17-17 in the first game before the Chinese won four points in a row to take a 1-0 lead.
The Indian bounced back in the second game, but failed to win points consistently in the final game.
(With inputs from PTI)
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