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.

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