Austrian Open 2018, Semi-finals: Parupalli Kashyap vs Raul Must, Live Match Updates

Kashyap def Must 21-18, 21-4 to enter the final.

Updated: 24 February 2018 16:31 IST - Published: 24 February 2018 13:49 IST

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Kashyap is through to the final! This is his first BWF final since losing the US Open final in three games to HS Prannoy in July!

AND HE HAS DONE IT!

MUST SAVED ONE MATCH POINT BUT KASHYAP CONVERTED ON HIS SECOND CHANCE!

21-18, 21-4

17 MATCH POINTS FOR THE INDIAN!

20-3

Kashyap is just RACING TOWARDS THE FINISH LINE NOW!

3 MORE POINTS AND HE IS UP 19-3

And he adds two more to take his lead to 16-3

Kashyap races ahead to 14-3

The two get involved in a long rally on resumption but the Indian still doesn't concede the point.

He now leads 12-3

Kashyap jumps to 11-3 going into the mid-game interval.

10-2

Must looks to have run out of options!!

It's 9-2 to the Indian!

Very, very quick points now!

And he makes it 7-2

One-way traffic!

The two take a point each but Kashyap is still comfortably ahead at 6-2

And Kashyap is UNSTOPPABLE!

5-1 HE LEADS

The Indian extends his lead to 3-1

It's 2-1 to the Indian now

We are off to an exciting start to the second game with another long rally

Kashyap takes it and leads 1-0

AND KASHYAP GRABS THE FIRST GAME

21-18

Kashyap now has TWO GAME POINTS!!!!

20-18

The points are coming fast and furious for Kashyap now!

He leads 19-17

Must has come back to level this!

17-17

7th POINT IN A ROW FOR THE INDIAN!

17-16

AND HE HAS LEVELLED THIS GAME!!!!!

16-16

Five points in a row for Kashyap!

15-16

4th consecutive point for Kashyap!

14-16

3 points on the trot for the Indian!

13-16

And he bags another!

12-16

The Indian finally gets a point to trail 11-16

Must still comfortably placed at 15-10

The rallies are very, very long in this match and the Indian isn't getting a lot of chances to smash much.

Can Kashyap show his fighting skills, that helped him to win yesterday's quarter-final?

Once again the momentum is with the Estonian, who leads 14-9 now

And Kashyap brings forth his aggression to take 2 points on the trot!

9-12

Kashyap snatched a point on resumption but Must once more goes ahead to 12-7

Must goes into the interval with an 11-6 advantage.

Kashyap made it 6-9 but once again let his opponent win a long rally!

Kashyap trails 6-10

It is 9-5 to Must

Must increases the lead to four points!

8-4

The pace of the match has slowed down but the Estonian is still ahead.

6-4

Kashyap shows his defensive skills in a long rally as he reduces the deficit to just one point.

3-4

The initial advantage is with the Estonian, who surges to 4-1

Must still has a 3-1 lead

We are under way!

Must makes a bright start and opens up a 2-0 lead.

Kashyap to serve first.

The players are on court now and the match is about to begin.

Good afternoon and welcome to the Sportskeeda liveblog of the Austrian Open 2018 semi-finals. The reigning Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap is the second seed and takes on the fifth seeded Raul Must of Estonia for a place in the final.

While the Indian is ranked 44th, the Estonian is placed at 66th in the world rankings. But it the lower-ranked player,who leads their head-to-head record 2-1. Must has won their last two meetings as well. So, Kashyap has quite a task on his hands today.

But both those wins came in 2016. Kashyap is playing with a lot more confidence of late. He came to this tournament on the back of a quarter-final finish at the India Open earlier this month and carried that form at this week's Austrian Open to reach his first semi-final of the year.

His quarter-final win over the seventh seeded Victor Svendsen, especially, showed the fighting skills that the former World No. 6 is known for. He came back from an 8-14 deficit in the first game to reel off 10 consecutive points and register a 21-17, 21-19 win. He would hope to continue his winning run today.