Badminton Asia Championships 2018, Men's Singles, 1st round: Kidambi Srikanth vs Kenta Nishimoto, Live Match Updates

Srikanth def Nishimoto 13-21, 21-16, 21-16 to enter R2

Updated: 25 April 2018 11:30 IST - Published: 25 April 2018 10:23 IST

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That was a close shave for Srikanth! He really needs to avoid those extreme slow starts. Srikanth was nowhere in the first game and it was only in Game 2 that he found his rhythm.

Srikanth has a pretty tough draw. If he doesn't manage to settle into his matches right from the start, things can get difficult for him as the quality of his opponents will be very high from the next round.

SRIKANTH WINS!!!!!!!

13-21, 21-16, 21-16

It took him an hour to get his first round win!!

Nishimoto continues to fight back as he now trails 16-20

The Japanese saves yet another!

Nishimoto saves one!

SEVEN MATCH POINTS FOR SRIKANTH

20-13

18-12

Srikanth needs THREE MORE POINTS TO GET THE WIN!!!

17-10 to Srikanth now

Nishimoto is fighting back but Srikanth still has a healthy lead

16-8

It's 15-6 to the former World No. 1

Srikanth soon asserts his supremacy to stretch his lead further to 13-6

Nishimoto gets a point after the break

6-11

He has an 11-5 lead going into the break

Now Srikanth is looking more comfortable as he goes up to 10-5

Srikanth breaks away from the tie to go up to 7-5

Impressive fightback from Nishimoto!

5-5

Srikanth has got his hands full here!

It's 5-3 to the Indian

It's 3-1 in favour of Srikanth

And he extends his lead to 2-0

It's 1-0 for Srikanth in the decider!!

SRIKANTH TAKES THE SECOND GAME 21-16

WE ARE INTO A DECIDER!!!!!!

Nishimoto saves one!

FIVE GAME POINTS FOR THE INDIAN!!!!

20-15

Srikanth regroups and adds THREE POINTS to stretch his lead to 19-13

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