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All England Open: Saina Nehwal vs Fabienne Deprez Second Round Live Updates and Match Commentary

By Sportskeeda Desk | Last ModifiedMar 09, 2017 19:59 IST

Saina Nehwal beats Deprez, 21-18, 21-10.

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19:59 (IST)9 MAR 2017

That wraps up our live coverage of the 2017 All England Championships for today. Hope you enjoyed it. Do join us tomorrow for the quarter-finals. Goodnight!

19:57 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Saina's best performance so far at this event has been a final appearance in 2015. She is obviously hoping to do better than that. And with the kind of display that she put up today, she is definitely oln the right track.

19:55 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Both the Indian shuttle queens - Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu - are into the quarter-finals.

19:54 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Saina converts her first match point for a 21-18, 21-10 win!!!!

19:53 (IST)9 MAR 2017

WHAT A RALLY!!!!! Saina stood like a rock, returning everything and it had to end on an error from Deprez!

19:52 (IST)9 MAR 2017

The southpaw finds the net to send Nehwal up to 19-10

19:50 (IST)9 MAR 2017

It is 18-8. There is no stopping the 2015 runner-up!!

19:49 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Saina produces a delicate backhand drop to surge to 16-8.

19:48 (IST)9 MAR 2017

The left-handed German finally gets a point at 8-14.

19:47 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Saina has upped the pace here and has raced to 13-7 now.

19:45 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Saina takes an 11-6 lead at the mid-game interval.

19:44 (IST)9 MAR 2017

The German is once coming up with superb crosscourt shots off both the wings to trouble Saina. The Indian still leads 10-6.

19:43 (IST)9 MAR 2017

A great angular shot at the net from the German to reduce the deficit to 4-8.

19:41 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Saina continues her aggressive tactics against Deprez and it reaps rich dividends. She is now cruising at 7-2. . 

19:40 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Saina is now ahead, 4-2.

19:38 (IST)9 MAR 2017

And she makes it 3-1.

19:38 (IST)9 MAR 2017

GAME 2

It is 2-1 for Nehwal in the second game.

19:35 (IST)9 MAR 2017

An error from Deprez helps Saina seal the opener, 21-18.

19:34 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Saina's high shot floats long.

19:34 (IST)9 MAR 2017

She has three game points at 20-17.

19:33 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Saina leads 19-17 now.

19:32 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Superb dropshot from the German and they are back to 17-17

19:31 (IST)9 MAR 2017

It is 16-16 currently.

19:31 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Saina is a lot more aggressive now and she now inches ahead to 16-15

19:30 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Deprez finds the net and it is all level at 15-15.

19:29 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Superb down-the-line winner from Deprez and she leads 15-14.

19:28 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Saina seems to be struggling at the net and she lets the German go up to 14-12.

19:27 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Saina continues to err and it is 13-12 for Deprez.

19:27 (IST)9 MAR 2017

And it is 12-12

19:27 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Deprez has made it 11-12.

19:26 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Saina makes an error at the net and the German has closed in to 10-12.

19:24 (IST)9 MAR 2017

At half-time, the 2015 runner-up leads 11-6.

19:23 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Saina has now gone up to 9-5. She is definitely looking very confident.

19:22 (IST)9 MAR 2017

The eighth seed continues to assert herself and is now up 7-4.

19:21 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Saina jumps ahead to 5-3 now.

19:20 (IST)9 MAR 2017

The match has started and they are currently locked at 2-2.

17:12 (IST)9 MAR 2017

This match is scheduled at 7.20pm IST.

17:11 (IST)9 MAR 2017

Good evening and welcome to the Sportskeeda liveblog of the All England Championships second round match of the 2015 runner-up Saina Nehwal. The eighth seed put up a commanding performance in her opener and convincingly beat the defending champion Nozomi Okuhara in straight games.

Her movement looked fine and the hunger that Saina is known for was back. She faces the 63rd ranked Fabienne Deprez for a place in the quarter-finals and is expected to have another comfortable match today.

Read our preview of this match here.
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