Indonesia Open Semi-Finals Highlights: PV Sindhu beat Chen Yufei to book final spot

PV Sindhu gave a spectacular performance against Chen Yufei to book women's singles final spot. Sindhu won the semifinal 21-19, 21-10. This is the first time in her career that she made it to Indonesia Open final

BREAKING: PV Sindhu gave a spectacular performance against Chen Yufei to book #IndonesiaOpenSuper1000 women's singles final spot. Sindhu won the semifinal 21-19, 21-10 pic.twitter.com/eHH3N8DGkq

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Sindhu is on an incredible run and leads 17-8 at the moment. It looks all but over for Chen Yufei. Plenty of errors from Chen Yufei

Sindhu has now won 13 of the last 16 points! She leads 15-8 in the second game.

Trailing 4-0 at the start of the second game, Sindhu again fights back to go into the mid-game break with a three-point lead. If she does win this match in straight games, it will do wonders to boost the Indian shuttler's confidence

Another brilliant comeback by the Indian shuttler as she claims six back-to-back points to take a three-point lead in the second game. The errors have begun to creep into the Chinese shuttler’s game.

Sindhu finds her groove. After losing the first four points, she recovers well to make it 4-5.

Bad start for PV Sindhu again! She gives away the first four points to Chen before breaking the streak and claiming her first point of the second game.

What a spectacular fightback from the Indian shuttler, who came from 14-18 down to win the opening game of the semifinal

This is the first time in the semifinal that Sindhu has taken the lead. And she does that with a fine drop shot. FIVE back-to-back points for Sindhu

AND SHE DOES MAKE A COMEBACK! What a thrilling match underway! After trailing Chen by four points towards the end of the opening game, she wins four back-to-back points to level it at 18-18

The Chinese player Chen Yufei is sort of running away with the game now. Chen sends an unexpected drop-shot and an unforced error by Sindhu, who needs to quickly change the course of the game

Good defence from Sindhu as she blocks three smashes in a row to take that point.

Both the shuttlers claim two points each after the 1st game interval and it has become a neck-to=neck competition here in Jakarta. 

PV Sindhu had a bad start to the semifinal, giving away the first three points but makes a good comeback to go into the mid-game break trailing by just one point

Sindhu has finally found her groove with her immediate goal to go into the mid-game break with a lead. Sindhu first levelled the game at 9-9 before the scoreboard read 10-10. 

COMEBACK BY SINDHU! The Indian shuttler grabs three back-to-back points to bridge the gap between them to one point. 

Chen is running away with points as Sindhu commits a string of errors. Meanwhile, Chen looks at ease and is using the court well. Sindhu needs to find her groove

Bad start for Sindhu. She gives away the first THREE points to the Chinese opponent. A number of errors before she claims her first semifinal point with a fine inside-out cross-court smash at the end of the fourth rally (yes fourth) of the match

The fight for the final spot begins! PV Sindhu vs Chen Yufei is now underway. Note: Sindhu hasn't won a single title this year and would be desperately looking for a step closer to one today.

The women's doubles match is over and the Japanese pair of Fukushima and Hirota are in the final with a 21-14, 21-12 win over Qing Chen-Yifan. SINDHU TAKES COURT

Sindhu to take court next. The semi-final between PV Sindhu and Chen Yu Fei will be up once the women's doubles semi-final concludes. 

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of PV Sindhu's semifinal clash in women's singles of Indonesia Open as she takes on World No. 3  Chen Yufei with eyes on the final spot. Stay tuned for live score and updates of the semi clash