Tokyo Olympics, badminton: Watch live PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi in quarter-finals
The familiar rivals have played each other 18 times before. Watch the Olympics badminton quarter-finals live!
India’s PV Sindhu will clash with familiar rival Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the Tokyo Olympics badminton women’s singles quarter-finals at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza on Friday.
PV Sindhu set up the quarter-final meeting with a 21-15, 21-13 victory over Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark on Thursday in the round of 16.
Meanwhile, Akane Yamaguchi beat Gaeun Kim of Korea in straight games 21-17, 21-18 in her pre-quarterfinal match.
PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi head to head
World No. 7 PV Sindhu has an 11-7 head-to-head record against the world No. 5 Yamaguchi, having beaten the 24-year old Japanese in the All England Open quarters most recently in March this year.
The All England Open match had stretched to an hour and 16 minutes, with 26-year old PV Sindhu coming back after losing the first game to take the match 16-21, 21-16, 21-19.
The Tokyo Olympics quarter-final match against Yamaguchi will be No. 6 seed PV Sindhu’s first against a top-10 player in Tokyo 2020. Sindhu has barely been stretched so far and is yet to drop a single game in three matches.
Yamaguchi, the No. 4 seed, has also had three straight-games wins on the trot so far at the Tokyo Olympics.
In the semi-finals, the winner of the PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi match will take on the winner of the quarterfinal between No. 5 seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand and No. 2 seed Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei.
Tokyo Olympics badminton women’s singles quarter-finals schedule, fixtures and live start times for India
All times are India Standard Times (IST)
July 30, Friday
Nozomi Okuhara vs He Bing Jao - 5:30 AM IST
Chen Yufei vs An Se-young - 6:15 AM IST
PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi – 1:15 PM IST
Ratchanok Intanon vs Tai Tzu Ying - 2:00 PM IST
Where to watch PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi quarter-finals live in India?
The PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi Tokyo Olympics badminton women’s singles quarter-finals will be telecast live on the Sony TEN 2, Sony TEN 2 HD, Sony SIX and Sony SIX HD TV channels in India. Sony TEN 3, Sony TEN 3 HD, Sony TEN 4 and Sony TEN 4 HD will broadcast Tokyo 2020 in regional languages.
Live streaming of the PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi quarter-final will be available on Sony Liv.
Live broadcast subject to Sony Sports Network.