In Badminton, world number 10 Saina Nehwal will play her semi-final match of the Malaysian Masters at Sibu in Sarawak today. Saina, who is the top seed in the tournament, will take on fifth placed Yip Pui Yin of Hong Kong. Both players have met 8 times in the past, with
Saina winning 6 of those games.
Saina is the lone Indian left in the tournament. Ajay Jayaram crashed out in the quarterfinals yesterday. Rio Olympics Silver medalist PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap are not playing in the tournament.