Top shuttlers PV Sindhu and B. Sai Praneeth stormed into the final of the women’s and men’s singles at the Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold, notching up contrasting wins here on Saturday. Top seed Sindhu had to do little to brush aside fourth seed Fitriani Fitriani of Indonesia 21-11, 21-19 to make it to her maiden final here, while ninth seed Sai Praneet stunned third seed and defending champion Kidambi Srikanth 15-21, 21-10, 21-17. Semifinal results Men’s singles: 9-Sai Praneeth B (Ind) bt 1-K Srikanth (Ind) bt 15-21, 21-10, 21-17; 8-Sameer Verma (Ind) bt 15-Harsheel Dani (Ind) 21-15, 21-11. Women’s singles: 1-PV Sindhu (Ind) bt 4-Fitriani Fitriani (Ina) 21-11, 21-19; Gregoria Mariska (Ina) bt 6-Hanna Ramadini (Ina) 21-19, 21-14. Mixed doubles: 7-B Sumeeth Reddy/Ashwini Ponnappa bt 1-Joachim Fischer/Christinna Pedersen (Den) 19-21, 21-18, 21-18; 2-Pranaav Jerry Chopra/N Sikki Reddy bt Mathias Christiansen/Sara Thygesen (Den) 21-18, 21-13.

Source: Hindustan Times January 28, 2017 16:01 UTC