Badminton Asia Championships 2018, Men's Singles, Semifinal: HS Prannoy vs Chen Long, Live Match Updates

Chen def Prannoy 21-16, 21-18 to enter the final.

Updated: 28 April 2018 14:18 IST - Published: 28 April 2018 12:36 IST

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Prannoy fought impressively but Chen was able to read his game better and cut down.on errors as the match progressed.

Chen rushes to the net and finishes with a great shot at the net.

Chen def Prannoy 21-16, 21-18 to enter the final.

Prannoy saves one.

18-20

The shuttle goes way wide!

Match points to Chen

A point at the net for Prannoy.

17-19

A couple of errors at crucial points are not helping Prannoy at all.

19-16 to Chen

It continues to be a two-point gap, despite all that resistance from Prannoy.

18-16 to Chen

An over excited Chen made a service fault to gift a point to the Indian but made up for it in the very next point.

17-15 to Chen

Prannoy made it 14-15 but the Chinese has now gone up to 16-14

Fine placement from Prannoy within the backline. It was in but the Umpire called it out.

Prannoy discussed and now it has been settled.

It's out from Chen!

14-13

Errors from Prannoy send the Chinese up to 14-12

What a rally! The shuttle just lands on the backline!

12-12

Down the line smash from Prannoy

11-12

Fourth straight point for Prannoy, who just pushes the shuttle back.

10-11

Another one and he now trails 9-11

Smash and Prannoy gets another point.

8-11

Sudden injection of pace from the Indian, who finishes the rally with a great backhand at the net.

Trails 7-11

Chen takes control of things and leads 11-6 at the interval.

Great deception from the Indian at the net and he puts it away at the net nicely with a backhand.

6-10

Big smash down the line from Prannoy to push to 5-9

It's 9-4 to the former World No. 1 now

Being pushed to the back foot, Prannoy is having to come up with something extra and is making errors.

He now trails 3-8

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