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A week after losing to Tai Tzu Ying in the Malaysia Open, PV Sindhu lost to the Chines Tapei Great in a 3-set match. It was Sindhu's 17th career defeat to the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist, who has prevailed over the Indian in all their last seven meetings. The last time Sindhu had defeated Tzu Ying was en route to her 2019 World Championship gold in Basel. Ying won the first set 21-13 in a closely contested set for a large part. Ying managed to pull away from 10-9 to jump to 15-9 and held her fort to take the lead.
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Ying will face fourth-seeded Shuttler Chen Yufei in the semi-finals of the competition. The 28-year-old Ying will hope to win her first Malaysia Masters' title, having finished runner-up in 2018 and 2020.