Badminton Asia Championships 2018, Women's Singles, Quarterfinal: Saina Nehwal vs Lee Jang Mi, Live Match Updates

Nehwal def Lee 21-15, 21-13 to enter the semi-finals

Updated: 27 April 2018 15:59 IST - Published: 27 April 2018 13:35 IST

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Saina needed a few minutes to settle into the match and read her opponent's shots. Once she managed to do it, it was just a walk in the park for the former World No. 1.

SAINA ENTERS THE SEMI-FINALS. SHE WILL MEET THE WINNER OF THE QUARTER-FINAL BETWEEN TAI TZU YING AND HE BINGJIAO.

SAINA NEHWAL WINS!!!!!

21-15, 21-13 IN 43 MINUTES!!!!

SEVEN MATCH POINTS FOR THE INDIAN!!!!!!

20-13

And it is 19-13 to the Indian now.

Saina is in sniffing distance of a victory here

Nehwal grabs a couple of points and extends her lead to 17-10 now

She needs just FOUR MORE POINTS TO GRAB THE WIN!

It's no more a one-sided contest as Lee is fighting hard for every point, but the Indian still has a healthy lead of five points.

15-10 to Nehwal

Saina stops her comeback in the tracks and races ahead to 14-8

That's some fightback from the Korean!

Lee adds two more points to close the gap further

8-12

Suddenly, a shift in momentum here as Lee finds a lot of courage to take three points on the trot!

6-12

It's pretty much a matter of time for Saina!

12-3 now

Saina stretches her lead to 12-2 now

It's a massive 11-2 lead for Nehwal going into the mid-game interval.

Lee now trails 1-10

Lee is finally on the board!!

1-9

Three more quick points go the Indian's way!!!!

She is up 8-0

What a start this has been to Game 2

And she adds yet another point to make it 5-0

It's 4-0 to the CWG gold medallist

Saina picks up from where she left.

Blazing start to Game 2 as she opens up a 3-0 lead.

It took Saina some time to figure out how to counter her opponent but once she did, she stamped her class!

First game goes to Saina Nehwal!

21-15

And Saina now has a host of game points!

20-15

Saina is now up by three points!

18-15

Showing her class and experience!

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