Hong Kong Open 2018 Badminton Live: PV Sindhu vs Sung Ji Hyun Live score & Updates | 15th November 2018

Sung def Sindhu 26-24, 22-20 in 59 minutes to enter quarter-finals.

Updated: 15 November 2018 18:53 IST - Published: 15 November 2018 17:27 IST

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Sindhu had been a runner-up for the last two years. She is set to lose a chunk of points after this early loss.

Final score: Sung def Sindhu 26-24, 22-20 in 59 minutes to enter quarter-finals.

This time Sung converts and sends Sindhu out of the tournament!

Sindhu saves two match points and made it 20-20 before Sung earns a third match point at 21-20

Match point for the Korean now!

20-18

Sindhu now is one point behind!

18-19

2 points for Sindhu as she attempts a comeback.

Still trails 17-19

19-15 now

And 18-15 now

Sung is three points away from the win.

It's 17-15 in Sung's favour

Once more Sung is the first one to break away from the tie.

16-14 she leads!

And she does it!

It's 14-14

Sindhu still hasn't managed to draw level.

Trails 13-14

Sindhu is trying to close the gap.

Trails by one point now at 12-13

It's 13-11 to the Korean currently.

Can Sindhu make a comeback?

It's 11-8 for Sung at the time of the midgame interval.

And she goes up to 10-8

Sung is still maintaining a two-point lead over Sindhu at 9-7

Sung opens up a 4-2 lead in the second game!

Sung takes this game finally!

26-24

Once more Sung has a game point.

25-24

It's 24-24

Game point for Sung again!

24-23

Now Sindhu saves it!

23-23

Sung saves it and has a game point of her own

23-22

Sung saves it!

22-22

After a long rally, it is game point for the Indian at 22-21

Sindhu saves it!

21-21

Game point for Sung!

21-20

Sindhu has levelled this!

20-20

Another point for Sindhu!

17-19

Sindhu fought back and got three points to lessen the gap.

But the Korean has once again inched ahead to 19-16

Sung is moving smoothly towards the finish line in this game.

Up 18-13

The gap is of four points now.

15-11 leads Sung

Sung is simply not ready to relent. Even after the break, she is showing no signs of slowing down.

She is up 14-9

Sung gets another valuable point to go up to 11-8 at the time of the midgame interval.

And Sindhu is fighting back!

8-10 she trails!

Sung is still in control of the proceedings at 10-7

Again Sung takes the lead.

With two points, she is now up to 8-6

And Sindhu takes four points on the trot to make this 6-6

It's 6-2 to Sung

And she goes up further to 5-2

Sung Ji Hyun makes an aggressive start here and leads 4-2

The Korean inches ahead to 2-1

And it is under way!

1-1

The match is about to start.