Badminton News: Shuttler Sourabh Verma enters Vietnam Open SF

Indian shuttler Sourabh Verma beats local favourite Tien Minh Nguyen to enter the men's singles semi-final at the Vietnam Open BWF Tour Super 100 tournament in Ho Chi Minh City. Sourabh won 21-13 21-18 in a 43-minute clash to set up a semifinal clash against Japan's Minoru Koga. Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth pulls out of the upcoming tournaments in China and Korea due to knee injury. The China Open World Tour Super 1000 is scheduled to be held at Changzhou from September 17 to 22 followed by Korea Open World Tour Super 500 which starts from September 24.