In Badminton, two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu rallied from a game down to eke out a hard-fought win over Thailand's Supanida Katething to enter the women's singles semifinals of the Syed Modi International tournament in Lucknow this evening. The top-seeded Indian beat her Thai rival, seeded sixth in the tournament, 11-21, 21-12, 21-17 in a quarterfinal match that lasted one hour and five minutes. Sindhu will face fifth-seeded Russian Evgeniya Kosetskaya in the semifinals tomorrow.
 
Earlier, in the Men's Singles, H.S. Prannoy crashed out of the tournament with a straight game defeat to Arnaud Merkle of France in the quarterfinals 19-21 16-21.