Taiwan's Tai takes out Sindhu in Olympics badminton, Guatemala's Cordon makes semis

TOKYO: Taiwan's Tai Tzu-Ying knocked India's PV Sindhu out of the women's Olympic singles semi-finals in a clash between two of badminton's best players at the Tokyo Games on Saturday.

In the first game, which world number one Tai won 21-18 against Rio silver medallist and seventh-ranked Sindhu, the pair were evenly matched. But Tai picked up the pace in the second game, finishing Sindhu off 21-12 in 19 minutes. "I reduced my mistakes and therefore didn't have as much pressure on me," Tai said, adding that she was not yet nervous about playing in Sunday's final against China's second-ranked Chen Yufei but probably would be just before the match.