Badminton Asia Championships 2018, Men's Singles, 1st Round: B. Sai Praneeth vs Suppanyu Avihingsanon, Live Match Updates

SAI PRANEETH WINS 21-13, 11-21, 21-19 to enter R2

Updated: 25 April 2018 17:58 IST - Published: April, 25 2018 02:12 PM IST

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Wow! That turned out to be a lot more tight than expected! Credit to Sai for holding his nerves till the end and pull off the win.

AND SAI HAS CONVERTED!!!!!!

SAI PRANEETH WINS THE MATCH 21-13, 11-21, 21-19 IN 1 HOUR 2 MINUTES!!!!

MATCH POINT FOR SAI AT 20-19

TWO MORE POINTS FOR SAI HERE!

19-17

AND HE INDEED DOES LEVEL, FINALLY!

17-17

Sai still hasn't been able to level matters here, although he has been very close

16-17

The lead is barely there as Sai is showing a lot of resilience!

Sai 15-16

It's 15-14 to Avihingsanon

Sai is slowing chipping away at the Thai's big lead

Sai has stormed back to 13-14

It's 13-11 to the Thai

It's 12-10 presently to the Thai shuttler!

Can Sai show some remarkable comeback?

It's 11-8 to the Thai at the time of the mid-game break!

And Sai has managed to grab a couple more points to trail by just one point now!

8-9

It's 9-6 to the Thai currently!

Avihingsanon is looking very comfortable at the moment, having extended his lead to 8-3

The Thai gets FOUR POINTS IN A ROW and goes up to 6-2

Sai has come back and it is 2-2

The Thai is now 2-0 up in the decider.

Avihingsanon has pocketed the second game 21-11 and we are into a decider now!

Wow! Some turnaround that was!

Sai lags behind by eight points at 11-19

Seven-point gap between the two now, with Sai trailing 10-17

Can he fight back?

Sai now trails 9-15

It's 14-8

The Thai is completely in control at the moment

The Thai extends his lead to 12-8

It's 11-8 in favour of the Thai heading to the mid-game break.

The Thai is now dictating the terms here as he goes up to 10-7

Suddenly, a turn of events here as the Thai goes up to 8-7

Sai holds on to a slender lead after a brief fightback by the Thai

6-5 to Sai now

And he extends it to 6-3

Sai is maintaining his two-point lead in Game 2

5-3

And Sai makes it 3-1

It's 2-1 to the Indian in Game 2

And Sai has taken the first game 21-13

And Sai stops his march finally!

Taking 3 points on the trot, he has now reached game points at 20-13

And the Thai gets yet another point.

He has made it 13-17

That is highly impressive! He was trailing by 10 points at one stage!

Some fight that is from the Thai!

He now trails by just FIVE POINTS!!

12-17

The Thai is fighting back but Sai is still ahead by a big margin!

Sai 17-9

IT'S A TEN-POINT LEAD FOR THE INDIAN NOW!!!

16-6

It's 13-5 to the Indian presently

Sai leaps to 11-5 going into the mid-game break

The Thai reduces the deficit but Sai still has a comfortable lead of 9-4

EIGHT POINTS IN A ROW FOR THE INDIAN!!!!

8-2

It's 7-2 for the Indian now!

Sai inches ahead to 5-2 now

And Sai takes THREE POINTS ON THE TROT TO GO UP TO 4-2

Sai gets on the board at 1-2

And we are off!

Sai trails 0-2

The match is about to begin!

Good afternoon! The players are on court

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