<p class="title">India's badminton queens PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal set up the much-anticipated women's singles summit clash at the Commonwealth Games after winning their respective semifinals in contrasting fashion, here on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 22-year-old Olympic silver medallist, who had missed the mixed team competition due to an ankle sprain, knocked out defending champion Michelle Li 21-18, 21-8 in just 26 minutes while former World No 1 Saina had to dig deep to struggle past 2014 silver medallist Kirsty Gilmour 21-14, 18-21, 21-17 in 68 minutes</p>.<p class="bodytext">With two star shuttlers reaching the final, India are assured of gold and silver in the women's singles.</p>.<p class="bodytext">2010 Delhi Games champion Saina and 2014 bronze medallist Sindhu had clashed at the Senior National championship finals last November with the former having the last laugh after a gruelling match.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Newly-crowned World No 1 Kidambi Srikanth also progressed to the final of the men's singles after defeating 2010 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Rajiv Ouseph of England 21-10, 21-17 in little over half an hour.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, three-time Olympic silver medallist Lee Chong Wei prevented an all-Indian men's singles clash by getting the better of HS Prannoy 21-16, 9-21, 21-14 in the other semifinal</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, young Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also stood one step away from a historic gold medal as they reached the finals of the men's doubles event with a 21-18, 21-10 win over Sri Lanka's Sachin Dias and Buwaneka Goonethilleka.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Assured of at least a silver, Satwik and Chirag will be the first Indian pair to win a men's doubles medal at the Commonwealth Games.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We started off pretty badly like till 17 we were down and in the end we played a bit more steady and smarter to take the game. The second game we started off confidently right from first point and that's what helped us," Chirag told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Satwik and Chirag will now face Rio Olympics bronze medallists Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy, however, settled for bronze after beating local hopes Setyana Mapasa and Gronya Somerville 21-19, 21-19 in the women's doubles.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The duo earlier lost 21-17, 15-21, 4-21 to Malaysian combo of Mei Kuan Chow and Vivian Hoo in the semifinals.</p>
<p class="title">India's badminton queens PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal set up the much-anticipated women's singles summit clash at the Commonwealth Games after winning their respective semifinals in contrasting fashion, here on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 22-year-old Olympic silver medallist, who had missed the mixed team competition due to an ankle sprain, knocked out defending champion Michelle Li 21-18, 21-8 in just 26 minutes while former World No 1 Saina had to dig deep to struggle past 2014 silver medallist Kirsty Gilmour 21-14, 18-21, 21-17 in 68 minutes</p>.<p class="bodytext">With two star shuttlers reaching the final, India are assured of gold and silver in the women's singles.</p>.<p class="bodytext">2010 Delhi Games champion Saina and 2014 bronze medallist Sindhu had clashed at the Senior National championship finals last November with the former having the last laugh after a gruelling match.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Newly-crowned World No 1 Kidambi Srikanth also progressed to the final of the men's singles after defeating 2010 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Rajiv Ouseph of England 21-10, 21-17 in little over half an hour.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, three-time Olympic silver medallist Lee Chong Wei prevented an all-Indian men's singles clash by getting the better of HS Prannoy 21-16, 9-21, 21-14 in the other semifinal</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, young Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also stood one step away from a historic gold medal as they reached the finals of the men's doubles event with a 21-18, 21-10 win over Sri Lanka's Sachin Dias and Buwaneka Goonethilleka.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Assured of at least a silver, Satwik and Chirag will be the first Indian pair to win a men's doubles medal at the Commonwealth Games.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We started off pretty badly like till 17 we were down and in the end we played a bit more steady and smarter to take the game. The second game we started off confidently right from first point and that's what helped us," Chirag told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Satwik and Chirag will now face Rio Olympics bronze medallists Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy, however, settled for bronze after beating local hopes Setyana Mapasa and Gronya Somerville 21-19, 21-19 in the women's doubles.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The duo earlier lost 21-17, 15-21, 4-21 to Malaysian combo of Mei Kuan Chow and Vivian Hoo in the semifinals.</p>