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The 24 year-old Olympic silver medallist will face either 2013 world champion Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand or 2017 winner Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the summit clash on Sunday
Intanon bounced back in the second game but Sindhu did not lose nerve and won it in a nail-biting finish to wrap up the match
PV Sindhu endorses 11 brands and is the face of a few public service campaigns
The Olympic silver medallist settled for another white metal following a 19-21 10-21 loss to Olympic champion Marin of Spain.
Sindhu clinched her fifth victory over the world number six Japanese
Sindhu failed to take a lead from there and eventually lost the first game 21-18 to Tai after making some unforced errors
Rio Olympics silver-medallist will be awarded the nation's third highest civilian award, for his contribution to the game
Sindhu had earlier also become the first Indian to win the Korea Super Series title
A year since she won the silver at Rio she has become the highest-paid endorser among woman athletes
India had one silver and four bronze in the World Championships before this edition
This has lifted India's spirit after Kidambi Srikanth's quarter-final exit in Glasgow
In the men's singles event, Sai Praneeth also made it to the quarterfinals
Saina Nehwal moved 1 place down to 9th spot
Since Rio final, it was 2nd contest between the two shuttlers, 21-year-old Hyderabadi has won both
Sindhu is set to clash with second-seeded Korean Sung Ji Hyun in semifinals
The Olympic silver medallist will be associated with the brand for three years
Sindhu failed to break the Korean's impregnable defence and went down fighting
Once labelled as mild and fragile, P V Sindhu has undergone an astounding transformation that is helping her slay the world's best, writes Nikita Puri
Indian shuttler lost to World No 3 Tai Tzu Ying 15-21 17-21 in the title clash, which lasted for 41 minutes