Dubai World Superseries Finals 2017, Group Stage: PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao, Live Badminton Score and Updates

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What a match that was!!!!! What an exciting start to India's title hunt at this year's Dubai World Superseries Finals!!!!!

Final score: Sindhu def Bingjiao, 21-11, 16-21, 21-18 in 1 hour 4 minutes

This time Bingjiao is beaten by the net and Sindhu WINS!!!!!!!!

Fabulous down the line shot from He.

A brilliant angle from Bingjiao to save one match point.

And she indeed was long.

Match points to SIndhu.

20-16

Bingjiao goes long and she challenges

And Bingjiao goes wide!

19-16 to Sindhu

Great judgement from Sindhu to leave a shot from Bingjiao that misses the backline.

18-16

It's 17-16 to SIndhu now.

Tense times

17-15 to SIndhu now

Sindhu surprises Bingjiao by attacking her backhand.

It pays off. The Indian up 17-14

And the point goes to Bingjiao.

Sindhu's lead has been cut down to 16-14

Sindhu challenges at 16-13

But she makes up for it with an excellent deep shot that lands near the backline.

Bingjiao beaten by the net.

12-16

What a rally!

What a shame it had to end on an error! Sindhu looking more determined and is now up 15-12

Fast-paced points now.

In her rush, Sindhu makes an error.

14-12

Sindhu currently at 14-11

The Chinese gets a couple of points back here.

He trails 10-13

And she makes it 13-8.

In total control of the forecourt

It's 12-8 to SIndhu now

At the interval, Sindhu up to 11-7

A forehand miss from He and Sindhu goes up further to 10-7

9-7 to Sindhu

Sindhu up 9-6

Sindhu moved the shuttle from He's forehand to backhand and ultimately broke down her backhand.

She is up 8-6

A little scream from Sindhu after Bingjiao fumbled at the net.

This time she is beaten by the net.

6-6

Sindhu finds the edge of the backline.

6-5

It's all level.

5-5

And she makes it a one-point deficit.

4-5

Some aggression from Sindhu here.

She trails 3-5

It's 4-2 to the Chinese now

Bingjiao surges to 3-1 now

THIRD GAME

Bingjiao takes a 2-1 lead.

He moves brilliantly all over the court and surprises Sindhu with a lefty forehand down the line that gifts her the second game, 21-16

Sindhu makes it 16-20

A couple of errors from Sindhu and He now has game points at 20-15

Sindhu now attacking He's backhand.

14-17

Bingjiao looks very comfortable here and soars to 17-13

Sindhu uses tight spinning net shot to get one back.

13-14

Now Bingjiao has wrested control. It's 14-12 to the Chinese

It's back to 12-12

Bingjiao now continuing to miss the lines.

Sindhu up 12-11

Sindhu levels it on resumption.

11-11

It's 11-9 for the Chinese at the interval.

Bingjiao loses a challenge. Point goes to Sindhu.

The Indian trails 8-10