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Denmark Open 2018 Men's Singles: Kidambi Srikanth vs Sameer Verma Live score & Updates | 19th October 2018

By Sportskeeda Desk | Last ModifiedOct 20, 2018 00:25 IST

Srikanth def Sameer Verma 22-20, 19-21, 23-21 to enter semi-finals.

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00:25 (IST)20 OCT 2018

Srikanth is through to the semi-finals of the Denmark Open!

00:25 (IST)20 OCT 2018

  Final score: Srikanth def Sameer Verma 22-20, 19-21, 23-21


It took 78 minutes!!!

00:23 (IST)20 OCT 2018

And Srikanth wins this!!!!

23-21 in the final game!

00:22 (IST)20 OCT 2018

Third match point for Srikanth.

22-21

00:21 (IST)20 OCT 2018

Verma saves it again!

21-21

00:21 (IST)20 OCT 2018

21-20 for Srikanth now

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It's 20-20

00:20 (IST)20 OCT 2018

Srikanth gets a match point but Sameer saves it!

00:19 (IST)20 OCT 2018

And we are back to all level!

19-19

00:17 (IST)20 OCT 2018

The gap is narrowing but Verma is still in control.

Verma up 18-16

00:14 (IST)20 OCT 2018

Verma growing in confidence and now leads 17-13

00:12 (IST)20 OCT 2018

Verma now goes up to 15-13

00:10 (IST)20 OCT 2018

Things are getting tighter here.

Verma leads barely, at 13-12 

00:07 (IST)20 OCT 2018

It's 12-9 for Verma now

00:05 (IST)20 OCT 2018

Verma is up 11-7 at the time of the interval.

00:05 (IST)20 OCT 2018

Points are coming fast and furious for the Swiss Open champion.


Sameer leads 10-7

00:03 (IST)20 OCT 2018

It's 8-7 for Verma now

00:02 (IST)20 OCT 2018

Verma has now wrested away the momentum from his higher ranked compatriot

5-4

23:59 (IST)19 OCT 2018

Sameer takes the next two points!

Srikanth up 3-2

23:58 (IST)19 OCT 2018

It's 3-0 for Srikanth in the decider!

23:55 (IST)19 OCT 2018

We have a decider!

23:55 (IST)19 OCT 2018

Verma takes it!

21-19

23:54 (IST)19 OCT 2018

Two game points for Verma now!

20-18

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And 18-18 now

23:51 (IST)19 OCT 2018

The rallies have become longer! 

23:50 (IST)19 OCT 2018

17-17

23:48 (IST)19 OCT 2018

And it is back to level!


16-16

23:48 (IST)19 OCT 2018

Verma takes a couple of points.

He trails 14-16

23:46 (IST)19 OCT 2018

And 15-11 now.

23:44 (IST)19 OCT 2018

It's 13-11 for Srikanth now.

23:42 (IST)19 OCT 2018

But Srikanth stops him right there!

11-9 lead for Srikanth at the time of the interval.

23:41 (IST)19 OCT 2018

Again Verma shows his excellent fighting skills!

9-9

23:40 (IST)19 OCT 2018

Srikanth is slowly building a lead.

He is up 9-7.

23:38 (IST)19 OCT 2018

Sameer keeps coming back.

But Srikanth is still ahead at 7-6

23:37 (IST)19 OCT 2018

Srikanth has broken away from the tie and has taken a mini one-point lead at 6-5

23:35 (IST)19 OCT 2018

And they move to 4-4

23:34 (IST)19 OCT 2018

It's tough to choose between the two at the moment.

Evenly poised at 3-3

23:32 (IST)19 OCT 2018

It's 2-2 in the second game

23:29 (IST)19 OCT 2018

Srikanth shows a strong display of determination to stave off the Verma challenge and take the first game 22-20


What a game that was!

23:26 (IST)19 OCT 2018

Verma saves two game points!

20-20

23:25 (IST)19 OCT 2018

Srikanth has game points now.

20-18

23:25 (IST)19 OCT 2018

Verma is engaging Srikanth into long rallies again.

Srikanth now leading 19-18

23:23 (IST)19 OCT 2018

It's 19-16 for Srikanth!

Inching closer towards bagging the game!

23:22 (IST)19 OCT 2018

This a fightback of the highest order from Srikanth!!!

He has bagged FIVE points in a row and has now gone up to 18-15

23:20 (IST)19 OCT 2018

And the fighter in Srikanth rises again!

It's on level terms again!

15-15

23:19 (IST)19 OCT 2018

Verma now leads 15-13

23:18 (IST)19 OCT 2018

Srikanth has noticeably slowed down since Sameer picked up pace.

Srikanth trailing 12-14 

23:17 (IST)19 OCT 2018

Suddenly Sameer has the upper hand in this battle!

Playing with poise and precision!

Verma up 13-11

23:14 (IST)19 OCT 2018

Verma takes 3 points on the trot and goes up to 11-10 at the midgame interval.

23:13 (IST)19 OCT 2018

But Sameer won't give up!

He makes it 10-10
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