PV Sindhu carries India's medal hope on day 11 of the Olympic Games when she faces a daunting task against China's Wang Yihan, silver-medallist four years ago in London, in the quarterfinals.
The lanky player from Hyderabad and Kidambi Srikanth, who made it to the men's singles quarters, are the only two medal contenders left in the competition after the shock elimination of last Games bronze medallist and former world no. 1 Saina Nehwal two days ago.
Two-time World Championship bronze-medallist Sindhu advanced to the last eight of women's singles by notching up a dominating 21-13 21-15 win in 40 minutes over Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying on Monday which should serve as a good morale boost against the formidable Yihan.
Event - Badminton, women's singles quarter-final
Participants - PV Sindhu v/s Wang Yihan
Date - August 17, 2016
Time - 3:25am (IST)
TV Channel - Star Sports 1, 3, HD 1, HD 3
Live streaming - Hotstar
India have sent their largest-ever contingent of 119 athletes in Rio Olympics, but are yet to open their medal account in the ongoing Summer Games.
(Inputs from PTI)
