PV Sindhu Cruises Into Semi-finals, Kidambi Srikanth Bows Out Of Madrid Spain Masters

31.03.2023 - 18:03 sports.ndtv.com

Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu cruised to the semifinals even as compatriot Kidambi Srikanth crashed out of the Madrid Spain Masters on Friday.

Sindhu got the better of world no. 19 Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark 21-14 21-17 to reach her first semifinal of the year. Srikanth, on the other hand, lost to top seed Japanese shuttler Kenta Nishimoto 18-21 15-21 in the men's singles quarterfinals.

Sindhu, who is seeded second, has been struggling to find her feet since returning from a long injury lay off. The 27-year-old has slipped out of the top 10 in the world rankings and until now hadn't been able to cross the second round in the last few tournaments in 2023.

After a sedate start to the match, the former world champion completely dominated the second half of the play to take first game comfortably.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook is currently on a visit to India on the occasion of a grand opening of India's first Apple retail store in Mumbai's Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC). "The energy, creativity, and passion in Mumbai is incredible! We are so excited to open Apple BKC — our first store in India," he tweeted on Tuesday morning. Apart from the store launch, Cook also met with Indian badminton stars Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, Pullela Gopichand, Parupalli Kashyap and interacted with them.

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Rodrygo double eases Real Madrid into semi-finals

LONDON : Holders Real Madrid breezed past Chelsea into the semi-finals of the Champions League with Rodrygo's double securing a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday to set up a likely mouth-watering clash with Manchester City.

Real Madrid’s Rodrygo floors Chelsea to seal Champions League semi-final spot

The pulse had been faint beforehand and, as expected, it was extinguished for Chelsea well before full-time, this Champions League quarter-final exit sounding the death knell for their season.

Chelsea 0-2 Real Madrid: Rodrygo scores double as defending champions ease into semi-finals

Rodrygo was at the double as Real Madrid booked their spot in the Champions League semi finals with a smash and grab 2-0 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Carlo Ancelotti’s holders were far from their best but made the hosts pay for their failure to take a raft of good opportunities when Rodrygo fired in from close-range just shy of the hour and then again 10 minutes from time as the visitors claimed a 4-0 success on aggregate. Ad Chelsea played with a real intensity in a first-half performance that belied their Premier League woes and they should have taken an early lead when N’Golo Kante skewed a gilt-edged chance wide on 11 minutes.

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