Dubai World Superseries Finals News
In a match that lasted 59 minutes, the Rio Olympic silver medalist defeated her Chinese counterpart 21-15, 21-18 in a stadium packed with Indian fans.
The champion shuttler from Hyderabad will be facing China's 19-year old sensation Chen Yufei, on Saturday. Sindhu and Yufei have already faced each other five times, with Sindhu on top with a 3-2 head-to-head record. They last faced each other in this year's French Open, where Sindhu thrashed her in straight games, 21-14, 21-14.
Srikanth performed poorly at the World Superseries Finals while Kashyap dropped as south Korea's Lee Hyun Il jumped three places to be 12th.
World No. 2 Saina and World No. 8 Srikanth will compete against the other top 8 players in the world in women's and men's singles respectively.
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