Japan Open: PV Sindhu reached semi-finals for the first time in Japan Open, just two steps away from the title.

PV Sindhu Reaches Japan Open 2026 Final: India’s star shuttler PV Sindhu has made it to the finals of Japan Open 2026 with a brilliant performance. In the women’s singles semi-finals played at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Sindhu defeated world number-4 and Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yufei of China to get the ticket for the title match.

She kept making name for herself one game after another

PV Sindhu won the first game 21-19. In the second game too, she was leading 15-10, when Chen Yufei suffered a hamstring injury. Due to injury she could not continue the fight and retired hurt. With this Sindhu reached the final.

Ended the losing streak

This is PV Sindhu’s first ‘BWF World’ The tour will be final. Even before Chen got injured in the semi-final match, Sindhu looked in great form. The special thing is that Sindhu has lost consecutively in the last five matches. In such a situation, on the basis of aggressive smashes and excellent court coverage, he ended the streak of five consecutive defeats against Chen and got a golden opportunity to reach the finals of a Super-750 tournament after almost three years.

Sindhu got walkover

In this memorable journey of reaching the final of Japan Open 2026, PV Sindhu showed tremendous performance on the court. In the pre-quarterfinal, round of 16 match of the tournament, the Indian shuttler performed brilliantly and defeated China’s world number-5 player ‘Han Yue’. 21-16, 21-14 in straight games in just 35 minutes. With this resounding victory, Sindhu also increased her head-to-head record against the Chinese player to 8-1. After this, in the quarterfinals, she faced Japan’s former world champion ‘Nojomi Okuhara’ It was scheduled to take place, but just before the match, Okuhara withdrew from the tournament due to injury.

Thanks to this walkover, Sindhu got a direct ticket to the semi-finals without playing a match, which gave her a good opportunity to refresh herself before the big match of the semi-finals.

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The title match will be held on July 19

Now in the final, Sindhu will face Akane Yamaguchi of Japan and ‘Putri Kusuma Wardani’ The final match of Japan Open will be played on Sunday, July 19 at 7:30 am Indian time at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, where Sindhu will aim to win the first Japan Open title of her career.