Indonesia Masters: Saina Nehwal defeats PV Sindhu to enter semis

Saina Nehwal beats PV Sindhu to enter Indonesia Masters semi-finals on Friday.

Saina and Sindhu clashed twice in the international circuit so far with both winning once. At the 2014 Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold, Saina defeated Sindhu, who returned the favour at the India Open Super Series last year.

London Games bronze-medallist, Saina had, however, upstaged Sindhu to clinch the women's singles title in the Senior National Badminton Championship last year.

The celebrated duo was scheduled to meet in the Premier Badminton League opener between Awadhe Warriors and Chennai Smashers but Saina pulled out due to an ankle injury.

By beating PV Sindhu 21-13, 21-19 to enter the women's singles semifinals, Saina now leads the head-to-head count.

Saina will next face-off against world champion and Thai fourth seed Ratchanok Intanon in the women’s singles semi-finals on Saturday.