Badminton Asia Championships 2018, Men's Singles, Quarterfinal: Kidambi Srikanth vs Lee Chong Wei, Live Match Updates

Lee def Srikanth 21-12, 21-15 to enter semi-finals

Updated: 27 April 2018 15:04 IST - Published: 27 April 2018 13:26 IST

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That turned out to be pretty easy for the two-time champion. The champion in Srikanth never turned up. It was a bland show from the Indian and a lot more was expected from him.

And Lee DOES IT!

21-12, 21-15 in 32 minutes!!

Lee now has five match points.

20-15

He gets another point to reduce the deficit to four points.

15-19

Immediately, Srikanth messes up the next shot. The lack in consistency has proved to be a death knell for him.

Trails 14-19

Beautiful drop from Srikanth and he now trails 13-18

Srikanth pulls back a couple of points through rare Lee errors.

12-17

Srikanth closed the gap to five points at 10-15 but once more came up with errors.

Lee is now up to 17-10

Rush to the net from Srikanth to get one point back.

9-15

Simply put, it's poor execution from the Indian right now.

8-15

Srikanth is looking frustrated and totally clueless right now. His errors are killing whatever little chance he has had.

Srikanth trails 8-14 now

But Lee regains control soon after with a delicate dropshot and goes up to 11-8 at the midgame interval.

A little spark of life from the Indian as he gets another point.

8-10

Lee leads 10-7 now

Srikanth had the shot in his control as Lee was stranded but he squandered that chance by dumping the shuttle into the net.

Pressure?

Srikanth stationed himself in the front court and moved around beautifully but Lee had the answers to everything!

Lee 9-4 now

Points coming thick and fast for the former champion.

Lee up 7-3

Lee is once again looking to be the aggressor as he keeps on anticipating and attacking well.

It's 5-2 to Lee

Srikanth cuts down Lee's lead to one point and trails 2-3

Smash down the line from Lee and be leads 2-1

Srikanth tried to move Lee all over the court and it worked.

1-1 in Game 2

Can Srikanth come back?

Let's find out.

Age is just a number for Lee.

That was pure domination from the legend!

Srikanth sends the shuttle out and the first game goes to Lee at 21-12.

Eight game points for Lee

Lee is anticipating well, moving well, doing just everything right!

19-12 for the Malaysian

Srikanth gets to double digits with a backhand volley.

10-17

Lee up 16-9 now

Srikanth's accuracy is just not there. And that is harming him against a guy, who is looking confident and is thoroughly enjoying himself.

Srikanth gets another point but the lead is still with Lee and he is up 16-7

Lee targeted a shot to the corner but missed it barely.

It's 14-6 in favour of Lee now

It's absolutely one-way traffic for Lee now!

He is leaping like a teen!

13-4 for Lee

Lee is looking way more patient and is constructing points with a lot of thought and accuracy.

It is 11-4 to Lee going into the midgame interval.

Srikanth is not helping his cause at all as a flurry of errors continue to bother him.

Lee up 10-4

And it is 7-3 now for the Malaysian

And Lee extends his lead to 6-3 with some lovely net play

Lee showing a lot of aggression now. With a body smash he rises to 5-3

They continue to be evenly matched

3-3

And it is quickly all level at 2-2

And we are off!

Srikanth flies to a 2-0 lead

Good afternoon! The players have arrived on the court and they are warming up.

What a blockbuster waits for us!

The 38th edition of the Asia Badminton Championships is currently underway in China. The tournament, which is taking place at the Wuhan Sports Centre Gymnasium, will pay out a total prize money of 350,000 dollars and will award the participants with valuable points for their respective BWF rankings.

Top seed Kidambi Srikanth takes on the former world no. 1 Lee Chong Wei in the quarterfinals of the Asia Badminton Championship.
Srikanth defeated Japanese Kenta Nishimoto in the first round by a score of 13-21, 21-16, 21-16. Srikanth got through to the quarterfinals with ease after his second round opponent retired midway through the first game.

Fifth seed Lee Chong Wei defeated Qiao Bin 21-17, 21-16 in the first round and then went on to beat Indonesia's Ginting in the second round by a score of 16-21, 21-9, 21-11.

Srikanth will be looking to avenge his Commonwealth Games Final defeat to Lee Chong Wei when the Malaysian beat Srikanth to claim the Gold medal.