The third-seeded Thai cruised past Yip Pui Yin of Hong Kong 21-11, 21-11 in the quarter-finals on Friday, winning their encounter in just 33 minutes at Siri Fort Indoor Stadium. The top-seeded Sindhu, however, had to dig deep to overcome eighth seed Beatriz Corrales of Spain 21-12, 19-21, 21-11. Meanwhile, sixth seed Cheung Ngan Yi of Hong Kong stunned No.2 seed Carolina Marin of Spain 21-12, 21-19. She plays the winner of the last quarter-final between Indian fourth seed Saina Nehwal and fifth seed Zhang Beiwen of the US. The second seeded pair joined Ratchanok in the last four after beating Indian No.7 seeds Meghana Jakkampudi and Poorvisha S Ram 21-10, 21-15.

Source: Bangkok Post February 02, 2018 21:00 UTC