Kallang [Singapore], Indian women's pair of Trisa Jolly and Gayatra Gopichand defeated South Korea's Kim So Yeong and Kong Hae Yong to reach the semi-finals on Friday. Jolly and Gopichand defeated their opponents 21-16, 19-21. . And 22-24 in the women's doubles quarterfinal match. The game lasted one hour and 19 minutes, the Indian pair did not have a good start and lost the first set 21-18. However, Jolly and Gopichand made a brilliant comeback in the game without losing their nerve against the Olympic bronze medalists. Jolly-Gopichand won the second and third sets 19-21 and 22-24.Earlier in the tournament, Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand defeated current All England champions Baek Ha Na and Lee S Hee 21-2 to reach the quarter-finals. Win by 9, 14-21, 21-15 in a match that lasted 5 minutes. Meanwhile, top Indian shuttler PV Sindhu faced defeat in the second round of Singapore Open 2024 on Thursday, Sindhu lost 21-13 against Carolina Marin. , suffered defeat by 11. -21, 20-22 It was Sindhu's sixth consecutive defeat to Marin after a tough three-game contest that lasted one hour and eight minutes. The Indian badminton player's most recent win came over her Spanish opponent in the Malaysia Open 2014 quarterfinals. When the two shuttlers faced each other in the Rio 2016 Olympics final and while Marin emerged the winner, Sindhu, now ranked 12th in the world badminton rankings, made a good start to the match on Thursday.They dominated from the start and won the opening game easily. But after winning the second game, World No. 3 Marin again lost her concentration and was forced to play out the decider. Although Sindhu had an 18-15 advantage at one point in the third game, Marin found herself in a nail-biter. Was able to bring it back. Finish the win. As a result, Marin currently has a 12-6 lead over Sindhu. India's top men's singles player HS Prannoy also crashed out in the second round of the Singapore Open. Tenth-ranked Prannoy lost to Japan's Kent Nishimoto, who is ranked 11th in the world, 21-13, 14-21, 21-15 in 7 minutes.