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In a 39 minute affair, Saina Nehwal outclassed Hong Kong's Pui Yin Yip 21-14, 21-16 in her second round encounter.
The win in the BWF World Tour Finals means a lot for Sindhu and now with the monkey off her back, the Hyderabadi can look forward to greater glory in the new year.
The 23-year-old downed Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-19, 21-17 to become the first Indian to win the prestigious season-ending BWF World Tours Finals.
Sameer Verama squandered a match point to go down 21-12, 20-22, 17-21 to All England champion Shi Yuqi in the men's singles semifinals.
Srikanth and Saina will have a tough task at hand as they face Kento Momota and Tai Tzu Ying in respective quarterfinals.
Kidambi Srikanth brushed off a tough challenge in the opening game to clinch a comprehensive 21-19, 21-13 win against Wong Wing Ki Vincent of Hong Kong.
Srikanth defeated Verma 22-20, 19-21, 23-21 in the quarterfinal on Thursday.
It was Nehwal's second career win over Yamaguchi, who has won six times in the head-to-head encounters between the two.
Saina Nehwal squandered four match points as she went down to the higher-ranked Japanese.
Former world No.1 Saina, who had won a bronze at the Asian Games and gold at Commonwealth Games this year, defeated Kim Ga Eun 21-18, 21-18.