PV Sindhu Reaches Malaysia Open Semifinals After Yamaguchi Retirement; Satwik-Chirag Out

• PV Sindhu advanced to the Malaysia Open semifinals after Akane Yamaguchi retired injured.
• Sindhu won the first game 21-11 before Yamaguchi, wearing a knee brace, pulled out.
• This win improves Sindhu's head-to-head record against Yamaguchi to 15-12.
• Sindhu will now face second seed Wang Zhiyi of China in the semifinals.
• India's men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost in the quarterfinals to Fajar Alfain and Muhammad Fikri of Indonesia.

Why It Matters: PV Sindhu progresses to Malaysia Open semifinals due to injury retirement, while Satwik-Chirag exit.