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Saina, Srikanth enter semis
Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth registered straight-game wins in the women\'s and men\'s singles matches to storm into the semi-finals of the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries here on Friday.
Sydney: Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth registered straight-game wins in the women's and men's singles matches to storm into the semi-finals of the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries here on Friday. Playing the third match of the day, Saina, seeded seventh, beat second-seeded Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 28-26, 21-16 in 56 minutes while Srikanth overcame Hee Heo Kwang 21-18, 21-17 in a 36-minute quarter-final clash.
The World No 8 will now take on fourth seed Yihan Wang in the semi-finals on Saturday against whom she trails 4-11 in head-to-head face-offs.
In men's singles, Srikanth had a relatively easy outing against the South Korean qualifier. The Indian will now take on Denmark's Vittinghus Hans-Kristian in the semi-finals.
Meanwhile, in a major upset, Chinese top seed Chen Long crashed out of the tournament after going down 21-14, 21-17 to Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in a 44-minute clash.
