That was seriously survival of the fittest! Srikanth had to dig deep and save a match point to enter the second round of the All England Open.
It took him some time to get into the groove after being completely outplayed in the opener....after that it was all Sri show until the mid-game interval of the decider. And what a comeback from Brice that was from that point! He sowed the seeds of doubt in Sri's mind again and even held a match point.
But in the end, he rushed things too much and Sri showed his calm demeanour, like he has done so many times in the past under pressure!
Having said all that, Sri cannot afford to have those slow starts...they can become quite costly against a higher-accomplished opponent.
Can PV Sindhu join him in R2?
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