BWF World Tour Finals 2019: PV Sindhu Vs Akane Yamaguchi live score, commentary, highlights and results for December 11th

Yamaguchi def Sindhu 18-21, 21-18, 21-8 in the battle of the last two years' champions!

Updated: 11 December 2019 21:17 IST - Published: 11 December 2019 12:12 IST

And that ends our live coverage today.

Do join us tomorrow for PV Sindhu's second match at the BWF World Tour Finals 2019.

Until then, goodbye!

Sindhu made the perfect start but lost her way after Yamaguchi found her rhythm and confidence back.

Sindhu will look to get a win when she takes on Chen Yufei tomorrow.

Final score: Yamaguchi def Sindhu 18-21, 21-18, 21-8 in the battle of the last two year's champions!

Match duration was 68 minutes.

And Yamaguchi takes the third game 21-8, and with it, the match!

The 10-point gulf between them continues!

It's 18-8 to the 2017 champion

It continues to be one-way traffic as Yamaguchi races ahead to 16-6

Sindhu looks to have lost her way.

Yamaguchi fully in control as she inches ahead to 14-4

It's 11-3 to Yamaguchi after a strong show.

Can Sindhu turn this around?

Sindhu managed to get two points but Yamaguchi still has a big lead of 7-2

Everything is turning into gold for the Japanese.

Turning defence into attack, she leads 5-0

Yamaguchi is now playing on her own terms. Extending the rallies and forcing Sindhu into errors.

It's 3-0 to the Japanese at the start of the third game.

What resilience!

Yamaguchi looked down and out but still found the courage and belief to take the second game 21-18.

We are going three!

Yamaguchi played snartly to keep Sindhu pinned at the backcourt.

It's 18-18

What a point!

Sindhu outfoxed Yamaguchi by pushing the shuttle back at Akane at the net.

Sindhu 18-16 now

This is a nail-biting affair now!

Sindhu holds a slight edge at 17-16

This is suddenly a very different match!

Yamaguchi has shown great character and grit to come back and level this at 15-15

Yamaguchi finds a clever smash to trail 10-13

Sindhu's anticipation skills and her movement have been brilliant in this match.

It's a 12-9 lead for the defending champion

Yamaguchi sends the shuttle long and it is 11-6 to Sindhu at the halftime break.

The rallies are becoming more and more grinding but the energy from the two ladies on the court is something to admire!

It's 9-6 to Sindhu

Yamaguchi raced out to a 4-2 lead in the second game but Sindhu has since wrested away the momentum to go up to 6-4

Sindhu has converted her second game point and has pocketed the first game 21-18.

Sindhu has stopped the comeback with a fine show of aggression and now has three game points!

20-17

But there is a reason why Yamaguchi won this tournament in 2017.

She refuses to go away. She has closed the gap to 15-17

The Sindhu juggernaut is rolling on!

Looking unstoppable, Sindhu bags four points in a dominant show to storm ahead to 17-11

Yamaguchi is giving it all but the Indian is always one step ahead.

Sindhu up 13-11

And it's an 11-8 advantage for Sindhu at the mid-game interval.

Beginning to look sharp!

And Sindhu rises!

She jumps out to 9-7 with two quick points.

Yamaguchi refuses to be on the backfoot. Sindhu took the lead but the Japanese has stormed back to make it 7-7

And it continues to be a competitive game!

5-5

And Sindhu is finally looking like the fighter she is!

With a barrage of attacking shots, she levels this at 4-4

Good evening! The match has started!

Yamaguchi makes a fast start to build a 3-1 lead