Macau Open: Ashmita Chaliha enters semifinals with straight

In Badminton, India’s Ashmita Chaliha stormed into the women’s singles semifinals of the Macau Open in China today. Ashmita secured her place in the last four with a straight-game victory over South Korea’s Kim Min Sun 21-16, 21-18 in the quarterfinals. She will next face South Korea’s Park Ga-eun in the semifinals tomorrow. Earlier, Ashmita reached the quarterfinals after defeating USA’s Ishika Jaiswal 22-20, 21-15 in the Round of 16. Meanwhile, India’s Anmol Kharb bowed out of the tournament after losing to China’s fourth seed Han Qianxi 14-21, 21-15, 21-13 in the quarterfinals.