Saina Nehwal vs Sung Ji Hyun and PV Sindhu vs Tai Tzu Ying Livescore and Commentary All England Open Quarter-finals

Live coverage of the All England Championships quarter-finals featuring Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu.

Updated: 11 March 2017 00:14 IST - Published: 10 March 2017 18:41 IST

That wraps up our live coverage of the 2017 All England Championships. Hope you enjoyed it. See you next week during the Swiss Open coverage where Saina Nehwal is the top seed. Till then, au revoir!

If anything, this performance proves she is near to her very best and has completely recovered from the knee surgery. Soon she will be back to challenging for the biggest titles.

That was a gritty fight from Saina towards the end to save 3 match points but in the end, it was not to be. It will hurt but she can be proud of the effort she put up.

The Indian campaign thus comes to an end at this year's All England Championships!

Saina fumbles at the net and the match ends. Sung wins 22-20, 22-20.

Easy putaway from Sung and she gets another match point for 21-20

SAINA SAVES 3 MATCH POINTS!!!!!!! 20-20

Saina saves yet another match point for 19-20

BRILLIANT CORNER SHOT from Saina

Sung has match points at 20-17 as Saina sends her shuttle long

A complete mess from Sung at the net and Saina gets a point for 17-19

A power shot from Sung and she goes up 19-16

What a flick of the wrist from Saina for a backhand drop....she needs these...16-18

Deft touch at the net from Sung to extend her lead to 18-15.

Now Sung makes Saina err...it is 17-15 for Sung

Saina catches the corner....and it is 15-16

Saina trails 14-16 now

Wide goes the shuttle and it costs Saina a vital point...14-15 now

14-14...Sung is determined not to give up so easily.

14-13 for Nehwal

Saina ekes out an error from Sung...13-13

And it is Sung who inches ahead to 13-12

A loose shot and it is back to level at 12-12

Nehwal has grabbed the lead again at 12-11

11-11

It is 11-10 now.

It is 11-9 for Saina at half-time.

Saina's shuttle goes wide and her lead has been reduced to just 1 point....10-9

10-8 for Saina now.

And Sung has closed the gap to 8-9

This was exactly the picture in the first game too until Nehwal let the Korean come back.

Once more, Sung has become off-colour and it is 9-6 for Nehwal.

And she stretches it to 8-6.

Saina back in the lead at 7-6

It is back to 6-6

Shuttle floats wide from Saina and her lead has been cut down to 6-5.

Once more, Saina is ahead at 5-4

Sung erases the lead for 4-4

Saina takes the lead for the first time for 4-3

3-3

And 2-3.

Saina takes a point for 1-3

And 3-0 now

It is 2-0 for Sung in the second game.

Saina became more defensive towards the end and let Sung dictate the pace. Paid the price....Can she redeem her mistake in 2nd?

Superb forecourt game from Sung and the first game goes to Sung, 22-20

Saina fails to retrieve Sung's drop..21-20 for the third seed

20-20 wow

Error from Sung and it is 20-19

Saina's tight defense pays off....error from Sung and it is 20-18