PV Sindhu and Sameer Verma kept India's medal hopes alive in the Badminton Asia Youth Under-19 Championship, making it to the semifinals of their respective categories at the UP Badminton Academy on Thursday.
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Fourth seeded Sindhu rallied to outplay China's Zheng Yu in the girls' quarterfinals, whereas Sameer too dropped a game before brushing aside another Chinese, Guo Kai, in the boys' singles.
Despite trailing 10-14 in the opening game, Sindhu won 22-20, before losing the second 11-21.
After a briefing by chief national coach, P Gopi Chand, she stunned her rival with accurate drops and smashes to win 21-12. Sameer won the first game 21-19, but lost the second 12-21. In the decider, he was a different player, winning 21-15.
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