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And that brings us to the end of our live coverage for now.
Do join us later in the day for PV Sindhu's match. She plays World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying in a tough match today which is scheduled to start at 3.30pm IST.
What a performance this was from the young Indian!
He now takes a 2-1 lead over Sugiarto in their head-to-head record.
In their last encounter, Verma suffered a one-sided loss to Sugiarto and that was less than six months ago.
But now Sameer is an absolutely different version. He believes he belongs to the big league. That is exactly what helped him shrug off yesterday's loss to Kento Momota to come back and get the win today.
Also the fact that the 30-year-old Indonesian played a marathon 1 hour 29 minute match yesterday, gave Sameer a slight advantage, if any.
Welcome to the Sportskeeda liveblog of Sameer Verma's second match at the BWF World Tour Finals 2018. The World Tour Finals debutant lost his first match to the World No. 1 Kento Momota 18-21, 6-21 on Wednesday.
He now faces Indonesia's 30-year-old Tommy Sugiarto in his second match on Thursday. The two are tied 1-1 in their head-to-head encounters with the Indonesian getting an easy win in their most recent showdown. And that should give him a slight edge on paper. Having said that, Sugiarto played a 1 hour 29 minute marathon on Wednesday, which could take a toll on his body.
Sameer needs to be ready to exploit that. He needs to show the kind of mental strength that he displayed when he qualified for this event at the very last minute by successfully defending his title at the Syed Modi International.
Do join us later in the day for PV Sindhu's match. She plays World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying in a tough match today which is scheduled to start at 3.30pm IST.
We'll be back then.