A game and three match points down, PV Sindhu staged an epic comeback. She will now take on China’s own Sun Yu in Sunday’s final, whom she trails 2-3 in head-to-head. What her China Open semifinal against Korea’s Sung Ji Hyun lacked in grandeur and emotion of the Olympic final of three months ago, it made up in guts and eccentricity that one has come to associate with the 21-year-old.

Seventh seed Sindhu edged out Ji Hyun, seeded sixth, 11-21 23-21 21-19 in a thrilling contest that lasted an hour and 24 minutes here. This was Sindhu's sixth win over Ji Hyun in nine encounter. The two-time bronze medallist at World Championship, Sindhu will face local favourite Sun Yu, seeded eighth, in the summit clash.

Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu advanced to the semifinals of the China Open after defeating local favourite He Bingjiao in straight games at the USD 700,000 Super Series Premier event, on Friday. Sindhu had reached her maiden Super Series final at the Denmark Open last year but the title eluded her as she lost in straight games to 2012 Olympic champion China's Li Xuerui.