Badminton Asia Championships 2018, Women's Singles, 1st Round: PV Sindhu vs Pai Yu-po, Live Match Updates

Sindhu def Pai 21-14, 21-19 to enter R2

Updated: 25 April 2018 15:32 IST - Published: 25 April 2018 12:59 IST

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Wow! That second game was absolutely roller-coaster. Credit to Pai for keeping up the fight till the end, but Sindhu just managed to raise her level towards the very end, just like how a World No. 3 player should!

AND SHE DOES INDEED TAKE IT!!!!!

SINDHU WINS 21-14, 21-19 IN 44 MINUTES!!!

SINDHU HAS A MATCH POINT NOW!!!!

20-19

CAN SHE TAKE IT?

IT'S 19-19

Pai went up to 19-17 but Sindhu gets a point here

Pai 19-18 now

Pai now ends Sindhu's run and gets a couple of points of her own!

She is up 18-17

Eighth point in a row for Sindhu!!!!

17-16

SINDHU IS BACK IN THIS!!!!!

16-16

And she now is behind by just one point!

15-16

Sindhu has come back to 14-16

It's 16-13 now

Sindhu is slowly chipping away at Pai's lead

It's a four-point difference between the two now!

Pai up 16-12

Sindhu finally snaps the six-point winning streak of Pai and trails 10-15

It's all Pai now!

She gets THREE MORE POINTS TO BUILD A BIG 15-9 LEAD!

Some courageous display from Pai under pressure!

12-9 she leads!

It's 11-9 to Pai going into the break.

Pai continues to make Sindhu work very, very hard!

Pai has a slender 10-9 lead now

The determined Pai once more doesn't let Sindhu build a big lead!

She storms back to 8-8

But Sindhu rebounds!

With three quick points, she inches ahead to 8-6

The game continues to be hard-fought and very tight.

Pai takes a tiny lead of one point at 6-5

And it is all even at 4-4

As expected, the Indian takes big strides and gets THREE POINTS ON THE TROT TO TAKE A 4-3 LEAD!!

Pai is dictating the terms in the early stages of Game 2.....now the question is how long will she be able to continue?

In the second game, Pai has opened up a 3-1 lead

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