PV Sindhu vs Nozomi Okuhara, LIVE Updates, Badminton World Championships Quarter-finals: Sindhu, Praneeth Eye Semis Berth

The 24-year-old was sloppy at times, making a series of unforced errors, particularly at the net, and going down to the sixth seed over three unpredictable games. China's He emerged after just under an hour to win 21-18, 7-21, 21-13 in a thrilling contest.  She will play Spain's reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin in the semis after she demolished the Indian Saina Nehwal 21-6, 21-11 in 31 minutes in their quarter-final clash.

In other match of the day, Tai Tzu-ying was on the end of a shock defeat at badminton's World Championships on Friday, the number one from Taiwan going out in the quarter-finals to China's He Bingjiao. It was just Tai's second defeat in 35 matches, a run which brought five titles and cemented her status as the woman to beat in Nanjing.

It will be tough for Praneeth to get past former World no 2 Kento Momota who has been in smashing form since his return to the circuit after serving a 15-month ban. He has already won Indonesia Open and Badminton Asia Championshoips. 

It will be tough for Praneeth to get past former World no 2 Kento Momota who has been in smashing form since his return to the circuit after serving a 15-month ban. He has already won Indonesia Open and Badminton Asia Championshoips. 

It hasn't been the best of days for the Indians in the office as Saina Nehwal and the mixed doubles pair of Saiwiksairaj and Ashwini Ponnappa bowed out of the tournament without putting up a fight. Nehwal's impressive run came to a disappointing end as she suffered a straight-game loss to two-time champion Carolina Marin on Friday. It turned out to be a lop-sided contest between the 2015 edition finalists as reigning Olympic champion Marin once again produced her 'A' game on the big occasion to complete an emphatic 21-6 21-11 victory. Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj also couldn't cross the quarterfinal hurdle, losing 17-21 10-21 to top seeds Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong of China.

In the men's singles section B Sai Praneeth will be taking on Japan's Kento Momota. A surprise entrant in the quarters, Praneeth got a walkover in the first round against Son Wan Ho. Then in the second round he beat Luis Enrique and got the better of Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus in the third. 

Till now Sindhu has had a good tournament and entered the quarters without much problem, and without dropping a game. After getting a first round bye, Sindhu defeated Indonesia's Fitriani 21-14, 21-9 and South Korea's Sung Ji Hyun 21-10, 21-18. 

Hello and welcome to yet another clash between old foes PV Sindhu and Nozomi Okuhara, this time in the quarterfinals of the World Championships. These two have had a long rivalry and more often than not the Japanese girl has emerged victorious. But this will be a high pressure game and the Indian girl will be eyeing her record fourth medal at the prestigious event.