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NANJING, Aug.4-- Spaniard Carolina Marin is to play Pusarla V. Sindhu of India in the showdown of BWF World Championships women's singles event, which will see a rematch of the final at the Rio Olympics two years ago. Marin, seeded seventh, knocked out sixth seed He Bingjiao 13-21, 21-16, 21-13 in the semifinal stage here on Saturday, while Sindhu dispatched Japanese star Akane Yamaguchi 21-16, 24-22. "To reach the final here means a lot for me. When I came here, I knew that I was not the favorite to win this. I don't have any kind of pressure when I play here. I just want to do my best from the first game to the final," said two-time title winner Marin, whose career's biggest victory was against Sindhu in the final at Rio 2016 when she defeated the Indian 2-1 to win the first Olympic gold medal for Spain in badminton sport. It was the second straight final for Sindhu in the BWF World Championships, as she fell to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 2-1 in an enthralling final last year. The India's no.1 shuttler has already exacted a sweet revenge on Okuhara in the quarterfinals on Friday, and managed to extend her momentum in the semifinals against another Japanese player Yamaguchi. The 23-year-old erased a seven-point deficit at 19-12 in the second game, winning 12 of the next 15 points and overcoming Yamaguchi's stiff resistance to take the match. The men's final will be held between China's Shi Yuqi and Japanese title favorite Kento Momota. | 
