Asian Games 2018: Badminton, Day 6, HS Prannoy Live In Action, Live Score, Latest Updates & Results

Ponnappa-Reddy WIN; Srikanth and Prannoy OUT!

Updated: 24 August 2018 18:18 IST - Published: 24 August 2018 13:19 IST

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With that loss, the Indian contention comes to an end in men's singles. This has been a highly disappointing day for India in badminton.

The saving grace of the day was the win for Ponnappa and Reddy.

Final score: Kantaphon def Prannoy 21-12, 15-21, 21-15 to enter the Round of 16.

And Prannoy goes out as well, joining Srikanth on the sidelines!

The Thai has reached match points now.

20-14

It's 18-14 to the Thai!

Prannoy looks dispirited!

Look at the speed from the Thai! He is screaming after every point now!

So much power and so much pace! And so much determination as well!

And the Thai has gone up fast to 16-13 with three quick points.

Again the Thai went up but Prannoy roars back with an angular smash

13-13

Big body smash from Prannoy after the break.

He is now trailing 11-12

And Prannoy comes back with some deft touch at the net.

10-10

Prannoy is now making mistakes by going for the lines.

The Thai has gone up to 10-8

And it is back to being even!

8-8

And Prannoy takes the lead here at 7-6

PRANNOY IS BACK IN THIS!

THE LAST FEW POINTS HAVE ALL GONE HIS WAY!

5-5

It's still a two-point gap between the two.

The Thai is up 5-3

Prannoy is still trailing at 2-4

And the Thai has begun the decider on a high...he is up 3-1

AND HS PRANNOY LEVELS THIS MATCH!

HE HAS TAKEN THE SECOND GAME 21-15

Prannoy has now added five points to race ahead to 19-14

The scores are getting closer and closer now.

It's 14-12 now for the Indian.

Prannoy needs to be careful here....he cannot afford to overdo things

Prannoy has brought out his aggressive self and is totally in control of this game now.

13-8 he leads

Prannoy has taken a lead of 11-6 going into the mid-game interval.

Prannoy is fast racking up points now.

He is 8-5 up now

The Indian has lost the first game 21-12 and 6-5 up in the second game currently.

And HS Prannoy is in action now.

Don't go anywhere as HS Prannoy too will be in action in a short while.

We'll bring you live updates from his match too.

That was a much needed win for the Indian contingent after the shock loss of Kidambi Srikanth earlier in the day.

Final score: Ponnappa and Reddy def Chow and Lee 21-17, 16-21, 21-19 to enter the quarter-finals

AND THE INDIANS HAVE WON THIS MATCH!!!!!

THE INDIANS NOW HAVE A MATCH POINT AT 20-19

And 19-17 now for India

Getting tense here

It's 18-15 now for Team India

just points away from the win!

And the Indians have slowly and steadily increased their lead to two points now

16-14 for Team India

Again a change in the turn of events...the Indians have wrested away the control and are now leading 13-12

In this tightly-contested decider, the Malaysians have snatched the lead and have gone into the mid-game break with an 11-10 lead

It's 8-6 for the Indians now

Can they hold on to their lead?

And the Indians are the one to inch ahead!

They are up 6-4

It's 4-4 in the decider.....very tight!

Who will inch ahead?

Now we are into a decider.

The second game just got over and the Malaysians have taken it 21-16

Unfortunately, we are experiencing some technical difficulties, which is why we are unable to bring live scores regularly.

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The pace of the game has slowed down again and the Malaysians lead by two points

14-12

And now, a flurry of fast and sharp attacking points from the two pairs.

The Malaysians still keep their nose in front at 13-11

After a long rally, that goes the way of the Indians, they now trail 7-9

The Malaysians are still ahead by a comfortable three points at 9-6

Can the Indians fight back?

And the Malaysians have made a fast start to the second game as they lead 6-4

Reddy and Ponnappa make their hard work count!

They have grabbed the first game 21-17

It is 19-17 for the Indian pair currently.

The Malaysian combine is fighting back now and has closed the gap to just four points.

Reddy and Ponnappa are up 15-11