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Nozomi Okuhara will take on PV Sindhu in the second women's badminton semi-final at the Rio 2016 Olympics on 18 August, Thursday.

Where to watch live

The match starts at 3pm BST/11am local time. Live coverage will be on BBC One, BBC Four and Red Button in the United Kingdom. In addition to this, there will be up to 24 HD video streams to follow the event on desktop, mobile and tabs.

For international viewers, the online streaming is available here.

The live scores of the matches can also be found here.

Overview

Okuhara would be disappointed after her quarter-final clash was scheduled against her compatriot Akane Yamaguchi. She lost the opening set to Yamaguchi, but managed to bounce back to level the match at 1-1 after the second set.

However, Okuhara did not face any trouble from Yamaguchi to clinch the third set and also the match to seal her berth in the semi-final of the women's event in Rio. The final scoreline was 11-21, 21-17, 21-10.

Meanwhile, her opponent, Sindhu made it to the last four of the event in Brazil by defeating former women's singles world champion Wang Yihan. The Chinese badminton player was the favourite to win the quarter-final.

PV Sindhu
PV Sindhu is India's best hope of winning gold in Rio Getty

However, Sindhu registered a straight set victory to make it to the semi-final. A victory here will assure her of a silver medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics and also boost her chances of winning the gold in the event.

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