Badminton: Sindhu storms into semis to keep India's French Open campaign alive

Paris, Oct 23 (UNI) Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu kept India's campaign at the French Open 2026 badminton tournament alive by storming into the women's singles semi-finals with a straight-game win on Friday. Sindhu, 11th in the women's badminton rankings, beat world No. 17 Chiu Pin-chian of Chinese Taipei 21-13, 21-14 at the Arena Grand Paris, according to olympics.com. This was Sindhu's second win against Chiu Pin-chian, having also beaten her at the Asian Games 2026 last month. The Indian badminton player has now made it to four semi-finals on the BWF World Tour this year. She had earlier reached…