Badminton Asia Championships 2018, Women's Singles, 2nd Round: PV Sindhu vs Chen Xiaoxin, Live Match Updates

Sindhu def Chen 21-12, 21-15 to enter the QFs

Updated: 26 April 2018 13:34 IST - Published: 26 April 2018 10:49 IST

That was a pretty good performance from the Indian and will boost her confidence further.

Final score: Sindhu def Chen 21-12, 21-15 to enter the QFs

Sindhu has won!!!!!

5 match points for Sindhu!

20-15

2 more points for the Indian!!!!

Now 2 points away from the win!!!!

19-15

A long rally ends in favour of Chen.

Chen trails 15-17

And 17-14

16-14 for the Indian now

Sindhu is using her attack now to build on her lead!

15-12 for the Indian

It's 13-11 now in favour of the Indian.

One vital point for Sindhu as she leads 12-10

Sindhu has a mini lead of 11-10 heading to the break.

And it proceeds the same way!

9-9

And it continues to be hard fought!

8-8

It's soon 7-7, just as we all expected

Suddenly Chen out in front!!!

7-5

But Chen stages a fight back to make it 5-5

She is in no mood to relent or make mistakes!

Sindhu 5-3

Chen goes up to 2-1 but Sindhu soon adds 2 points to lead 3-2

Bright start for Sindhu in Game 2

1-0

Sindhu needs just one point to convert!

21-12 goes the first game to SIndhu

8 game points for the Indian!!!!

20-12

Sindhu has gone up to 19-12 now

It's 18-10 in favour of the Indian now