Olympic medallists P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will try to confirm their berths for the final event of women's singles in the 82nd Senior National Badminton Championship, when they take their respective opponents in the semifinal of the event on Tuesday.
In men's singles event world number two and four super series title holder Kidambi Srikanth will try to enter another final.
In the last-eight match of women's singles, Nehwal registered a 21-17, 21-10 win over Aakarshi Kashyap to square off against Anura Prabhudesai in the semifinal match.
In another quarterfinal match, Sindhu beat Shriyanshi Pardeshi 21-11, 21-17 to lock horns with Ruthvika Shivani G. in the last-four match.
In men's singles, Srikanth displayed his red-hot form dismantling Shubham Prajapati 21-17, 23-21. He will take on Lakshya Sen in his next match.
In the quarterfinals, mixed doubles duo of Satwik Sai Raj R. and Ashwini Ponnappa triumphed Shivam Sharma and Poorvisha S. Ram 21-14, 21-12. They will meet the pair of Sanyam Shukla and Sanyogita Ghorpade in the first semifinal match of National Badminton Championship.
