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

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

Updated: 20 October 2018 00:25 IST - Published: 19 October 2018 20:58 IST

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

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

It took 78 minutes!!!

And Srikanth wins this!!!!

23-21 in the final game!

Third match point for Srikanth.

22-21

Verma saves it again!

21-21

21-20 for Srikanth now

It's 20-20

Srikanth gets a match point but Sameer saves it!

And we are back to all level!

19-19

The gap is narrowing but Verma is still in control.

Verma up 18-16

Verma growing in confidence and now leads 17-13

Verma now goes up to 15-13

Things are getting tighter here.

Verma leads barely, at 13-12

It's 12-9 for Verma now

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

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

Sameer leads 10-7

It's 8-7 for Verma now

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

5-4

Sameer takes the next two points!

Srikanth up 3-2

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

We have a decider!

Verma takes it!

21-19

Two game points for Verma now!

20-18

And 18-18 now

The rallies have become longer!

17-17

And it is back to level!

16-16

Verma takes a couple of points.

He trails 14-16

And 15-11 now.

It's 13-11 for Srikanth now.

But Srikanth stops him right there!

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

Again Verma shows his excellent fighting skills!

9-9

Srikanth is slowly building a lead.

He is up 9-7.

Sameer keeps coming back.

But Srikanth is still ahead at 7-6

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

And they move to 4-4

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

Evenly poised at 3-3

It's 2-2 in the second game

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!

Verma saves two game points!

20-20

Srikanth has game points now.

20-18

Verma is engaging Srikanth into long rallies again.

Srikanth now leading 19-18

It's 19-16 for Srikanth!

Inching closer towards bagging the game!

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

And the fighter in Srikanth rises again!

It's on level terms again!

15-15

Verma now leads 15-13

Srikanth has noticeably slowed down since Sameer picked up pace.

Srikanth trailing 12-14

Suddenly Sameer has the upper hand in this battle!

Playing with poise and precision!

Verma up 13-11

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

But Sameer won't give up!

He makes it 10-10