Indonesia Open 2023 Semi-Finals Highlights: Satwik-Chirag advances to final, HS Prannoy knocked out

Hello and welcome to the Khel Now live blog for the Indonesia Open 2023 semi-finals! Stay tuned for live updates as players eye a place in the finals.

Indonesia Open 2023 Semi-Finals Schedule

XD: Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong vs Feng Yan Zhe/Huang Dong Ping

WS: Chen Yu Fei vs An Se Young

XD: Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet vs Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino

WS: Ratchanok Intanon vs Carolina Marin

WD: Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee vs Jeong Na Eun/Kim Hye Jeong

MD: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Kang Min Hyuk/SEO Seung Jae

MS: Viktor Axelsen vs HS Prannoy

WD: Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota vs Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara

MD: Pramudya Kusumawardana/Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan vs Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik

MS: Li Shi Feng vs Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesia Open 2023 Quarter-Finals Summary

Men's Singles

China's Li Shi Feng continued his fine run in the Indonesia Open 2023 with a three-game win over Kidambi Srikanth of India. The Chinese won the quarter-final clash in men's singles 21-14, 14-21, 21-12. In the other quarter-final on Court 1, World No. 1 Viktor Axelsen made lightwork of Taipei's Chou Tien Chen 21-5, 21-19 in just 39 minutes.

Seventh-seeded Indian HS Prannoy and home favourite Anthony Sinisuka Ginting also advanced to the semis with straight-game wins. While Prannoy saw off Japan's Kodai Naraoka 21-18, 21-16 in about an hour, Ginting beat Denmark's Jonatan Christie 21-19, 21-16 in 51 minutes.

Women's Singles

For a change, third-seed Tai Tzu Ying and Women's World No.1 Akane Yamaguchi bowed out from the quarter-finals stage with defeats to Carolina Marin and Ratchanok Intanon respectively. Spaniard Marin won against Taipei's Ying in straight games (21-18, 21-13), while Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand fought back from a game down to beat the Japanese 18-21, 25-23, 21-16.

In the other two quarter-finals in women's singles, second and fourth seeds An Se Young and Chen Yu Fei advanced. China's Chen Yu Fei defeated the unseeded Korean Kim Ga Eun 21-11, 21-19, while An Se Young made it to a ninth straight semis with a 21-18, 19-21, 21-11 win over the fifth-seed Chinese He Bing Jiao.