JAKARTA, July 19: Top Indian shuttler PV Sindhu stormed into the semifinals of the Indonesia Open after beating Japan�s Nozomi Okuhara in straight games in the women�s singles event here on Friday.
Olympic silver medallist Sindhu, seeded fifth, hardly had to break a sweat as she posted a comfortable 21-14, 21-7 win over the third seeded Japanese shuttler in just 44 minutes.
The Indian will face second seeded Chen Yu Fei of China in the last-four clash of the BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournament.
Sindhu, also a multiple-time World Championship medallist, dominated the proceedings from the start to finish. She took little time to get into the groove and once she broke away from tied 6-6, there was no looking back for the shuttler from Hyderabad.
Sindhu reeled off four consecutive points to move ahead 10-6 and although Okuhara managed to earn a couple of points, the Indian went into the break at 11-8.
After the interval, Sindhu simply tightened the noose and kept widening the gap to take the first game 21-14.
The second game turned out to be a one-sided affair as Sindhu ran away with the game with hardly any resistance from the higher seeded opponent. � PTI
