Syed Modi International: PV Sindhu vs Fitriani Fitriani and Kidambi Srikanth vs Sai Praneeth Semi-finals Live Commentary and Match Updates

That wraps up our live coverage of the Syed Modi International semis. Do join us tomorrow for the final. Goodbye!

Sai will face the eighth seeded Sameer Verma for the title on Sunday.

Sai Praneeth WINS, 15-21, 21-10, 21-17

And Sai has reached match points at 20-17.

And Sai has inched ahead to 19-17. Upset brewing?

It is still all level at 17-17. Some amazing shotmaking going on currently!

And Srikanth has evened the score at 15-15 just like the champion he is!

Finally, the defending champion looks to have woken up. Sri has reduced the gap to 10-13.

It is 11-6 for Sai Praneeth at the break.

Sai is now up 8-3.

It is 7-3 now for the ninth seed. If Sri doesn't make an effort here, the defence of his title will be over!

Game 3

At the moment, Sri has a lot of questions but no answers as Sai has gone up 4-1.

21-10 it is for Sai and the match is all square now.

And it is 20-10 now for the 9th seed.

Sai is now cruising at 19-10.

Sai is now up 15-8. Sri seems to have gone off the boil totally.

And at half-time, Sai has an 11-6 advantage! Wow! That's quite a turnaround!

It is 9-6 now for the lower seed.

How long can he hold on to this?

Sai is still in control and has built a 3-point lead now at 8-5.

Sri came back to level the game at 3-3 but since then Sai has once again wrested back the advantage at 5-3.

Game 2

Sai has a tiny lead in the second game and is now up 3-2.

And Srikanth converts. It is 21-15 for the third seed!

Srikanth has reached game points now at 20-15.

Srikanth stops the rot and makes it 19-14 now.

And another for 14-18.

And he takes yet another point to make it 13-18.

Can he keep up the pressure?

Sai is fighting back now and has reduced the deficit to 12-18.

It is 17-9 now for Srikanth, who looks very confident at the moment.

Sri is still very much in cruise control, 14-8.

At the mid-game interval, Sri leads 11-4.

The aggressive Srikanth has now rocketed to 10-3. It's all going his way at the moment.

The defending champion has built a huge 8-2 lead now. Can Sai come back?

Smooth sailing for Srikanth currently and he is now 5-1.

The match has started and Srikanth has quickly surged to 3-1.

Don't go anywhere, guys. We have another mouthwatering semi-final up next. It is between the men's singles defending champion Kidambi Srikanth and the ninth seed B Sai Praneeth.

Sindhu will face unseeded Gregoria Mariska tomorrow for the title. The Indonesian is ranked 120th.

This is Sindhu's 8th final at the Grand Prix Gold level.

Sindhu reaches the final. This will be her third final at this tournament. She has never won the title.

And Sindhu WINS, 21-11, 21-19

Sindhu has now taken 3 straight points and has reached match points at 20-18.

And Fitriani now leads 18-17.

Great backhand from Fitriani and it is 17-17

And she has levelled it! 16-16

Fitriani's perseverance has paid off. She has now reduced the deficit to just 1 point. It is 16-15 for Sindhu.

Sindhu is still maintaining a 2-point lead and is currently at 16-14.

The match continues to remain very close. Sindhu is now up, 13-11.

And at half-time, it is the Indian who is up 11-8.

Sindhu still has held on to the lead and has a 10-8 advantage.