Malaysia Masters 2024 Semifinal, LIVE: PV Sindhu fights back superbly to beat Busanan Ongbamrungphan in 88-min epic | Badminton News
PV Sindhu celebrating her win over Han Yue of China in the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Masters 2024. (BWF/Badminton Photo)
Malaysia Masters: PV Sindhu finds her attacking mojo to overpower China’s World No.6 Han Yue, reach semifinal
Winning the quarterfinals 21-13, 14-21, 21-12 at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 against Chinese World No.6 Han Yue, ended a long spell of shed and unshed tears for PV Sindhu. A Top 10 snare is the only currency of legit good form on the badminton circuit, and those marquee wins had vamoozed for Sindhu the last few seasons after the heady days of first being a giant-killer, and then a genuine giant.
To understand what a rare Top 6 ranked scalp means to Sindhu, consider the time that’s elapsed since she last won one of those matches. It’s been 2,156 days since she beat Carolina Marin, 1,736 days since she could defeat Tai Tzu Ying and 1,735 days since she scored a win over now Olympic champion, Chen Yu Fei who was twice denied a Worlds final the Indian in the heydays of 2017-19.
Sindhu last beat Akane Yamaguchi 735 days ago, and other former Top 5 regulars Ratchanok Intanon and He Bingjiao last in 2018 and 2022 respectively. She has never beaten Korean An Se Young. (READ MORE)