All England Open 2018, Round 2: Kidambi Srikanth vs Huang Yuxiang, Live Match Updates

Yuxiang def Srikanth 21-11, 15-21, 22-20 in 52 minutes to enter QFs

Updated: 16 March 2018 01:02 IST - Published: 15 March 2018 20:46 IST

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Final score: Yuxiang def Srikanth 21-11, 15-21, 22-20 in 52 minutes to enter QFs

Hopefully Srikanth will learn from these mistakes and can make improvements. The slow starts are a cause of botheration and he needs to overcome that first. Let us hope Srikanth is able to build some rhythm and confidence before the Commonwealth Games.

Errors just reared their ugly head at the wrong time and Yuxiang just raised his level sensing his opponent's indecisive play.

That was certainly heartbreaking for Srikanth and Indian badminton fans. Srikanth will rue those mistakes..he had two chances to progress into the quarter-finals of the All England Open for the first time in his career and he unfortunately squandered them both.

And Huang makes Srikanth pay for his erratic play at the most crucial juncture.

Srikanth sends the shuttle wide and it is match to Yuxiang!

And Srikanth fumbles at the net!

Match point to Huang

And it is all level!

20-20

The Chinese saves one through an error from Sri at the net!

19-20

TWO MATCH POINTS FOR SRIKANTH!!!

20-18

It's 19-17 to the Indian

Five points in a row now! This is some turnaround!

18-16

FOUR POINTS IN A ROW FOR SRIKANTH!!!

17-16

Yet another winner from the Indian!

Has he woken up?

16-16

Body smash from Srikanth!

15-16

Huang got blocked by the net after racing away to 16-13

And he adds yet another point to make Sri's life even more difficult!

15-12

And finally the Chinese builds a two-point advantage here.

14-12

Srikanth is giving him opportunities through his erratic play but the Chinese too is paying him back through his own errors.

13-12 to Yuxiang

The game continues at a slow pace and there's hardly anything to separate the two.

The Chinese once more has a tiny lead of 12-11

Yuxiang goes into the interval with a slender 11-10 lead

None is able to build a good lead

9-9

Srikanth forces the Chinese to err through his swift returns.

8-8

It's all level at 7-7

And two more points go Srikanth's way as well!

He has wrested away the lead now!

7-6

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