March 13, 2015 8:00 AM

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India beat Singapore 10-Nil to storm into semifinals of FIH Women's World Hockey League

India beat Singapore 10-0 to storm into the semifinal of the Hero FIH Women's World League Round 2, in New Delhi last night. Vandana scored four field goals, while Poonam Rani , Navjot Kaur , Anupa Barla, Deepika, Rani Rampal and Jaspreet Kaur also registered their names in the score sheet to steam roll the hapless Singapore girls in the one-sided quarterfinal encounter at the floodlit Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium. In other quarter finals of the day, Malaysia defeated Ghana 2-0, Thailand got the better of Kazakhstan 4-3 in a thrilling encounter, while Poland thrashed Russia 4-2. In the first quarterfinal of the day, Malaysia scored two goals through a penalty corner conversion by Norazlin Sumantri and Hanis Onn to progress to the last four round. Later in the day, the Thai girls put up a spirited show to eke out a narrow win over Kazakhstan. In the third last eight match between Poland and Russia, the Polish girls raced to a 4-0 lead through goals from Oriana Walasek, Natalia Wisniewska, Marlena Rybacha and Magdalena Zagajska before Russia pulled two back from the sticks of Marina Fedorova and Kristina Shumilina. While India will face Thailand in the first semifinal tomorrow, Poland will be up against Malaysia in the other last four round match.

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