All England Open: PV Sindhu vs Mette Poulsen First Round Live Updates and Match Commentary

PV Sindhu beats Mette Poulsen 21-10, 21-11 to enter the second round.

Updated: 08 March 2017 21:24 IST - Published: 08 March 2017 19:07 IST

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Great performance by PV Sindhu to begin her campaign! Hope she continues this way.

With a sharp angular crosscourt smash right into the corner, Sindhu takes the win, 21-10, 21-11.

The Indian is now 2 points away from the win at 19-10

Sindhu is ahead at 17-10 now.

It is 16-8 for the Indian now.

Sindhu continues her aggressive brand of badminton and cruises to 15-6.

A superb Sindhu grabs the next four points as well and makes it 11-4 at the interval.

A rare error from Sindhu gifts one point to the World No. 33. Sindhu now leads 7-4.

GAME 2

There's no stopping PV Sindhu! She is ahead at 5-3 in Game 2.

The lefty's high shot is blocked by the net. Sindhu takes the first game, 21-10.

It is 20-10 for the Indian.

Poulsen is not doing anything to stall Sindhu's momentum who is looking very confident at the moment. The Indian leads 19-10 and is in sniffing distance of taking the first game.

Sindhu is now cruising at 15-8. Very much in control of this game.

It's 12-7 for Sindhu after the break.

At half-time, the sixth seed leads 11-6.

The Dane finds the net in a hurry and Sindhu goes up to 9-6.

Now it is Sindhu's turn to make a couple of errors. The Dane has closed in on 6-7.

Poulsen is spraying her shots....Sindhu makes it 7-4.

She is now up 5-3.

It is still close. Sindhu up 4-3.

Sindhu is constantly targeting Poulsen's lefty forehands and eking out errors. She is up 3-2.

The Indian is up 2-1.

The match is about to start.

There is still some time to go for this match.

Good evening and welcome to the Sportskeeda liveblog of the All England Championships. India's PV Sindhu is seeded sixth and looks to carry her rich vein of form into the season's first Superseries Premier event.

Sindhu crashed out in the first round last year and would be upbeat to erase the memories of that setback. With the confidence she has shown since grabbing the silver medal at the Rio Olympics, she is primed for a deep run this time.

Her opponent, Mette Poulsen of Denmark is ranked 33rd but did beat Sindhu long back at the 2010 World Junior Championships. If the Indian can get a good start, she can notch up a win in straight games.

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