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Hong Kong Open 2018 Badminton Live: Saina Nehwal vs Akane Yamaguchi Live score & Updates | 14th November 2018

By Sportskeeda Desk | Last ModifiedNov 14, 2018 17:04 IST

Akane Yamaguchi has beaten Saina Nehwal 10-21, 21-10, 21-19 in 52 minutes to enter the second round

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17:04 (IST)14 NOV 2018

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Akane Yamaguchi has beaten Saina Nehwal 10-21, 21-10, 21-19 in 52 minutes to enter the second round.

16:40 (IST)14 NOV 2018

It's now the Japanese who is marginally ahead at 19-18

16:38 (IST)14 NOV 2018

It's highly competitive now!

17-17

16:36 (IST)14 NOV 2018

Saina levels this at 16-16

16:35 (IST)14 NOV 2018

With three points in a row, the Japanese goes into the lead again at 15-14

16:33 (IST)14 NOV 2018

Now Saina is steadily increasing the gap between the two.

Saina up 14-12

16:30 (IST)14 NOV 2018

And what a turnaround! Saina leads 11-10 at the mid-game interval

16:27 (IST)14 NOV 2018

Yamaguchi has managed to separate herself and lead 10-8

16:25 (IST)14 NOV 2018

SAINA HAS DRAWN LEVEL!!!!!!


8-8

16:25 (IST)14 NOV 2018

But Yamaguchi still manages to inch ahead to 8-6 and have a lead of two points!

16:23 (IST)14 NOV 2018

And Saina is FIGHTING BACK!

With two more points, she now trails 5-6

16:22 (IST)14 NOV 2018

In the decider, the Japanese is once more ahead at 6-3

16:18 (IST)14 NOV 2018

And Yamaguchi has taken this game by the exact same scoreline - 21-10

16:15 (IST)14 NOV 2018

Yamaguchi has gone up further and Saina is fighting desperately to get back into contention

Saina 7-18

16:13 (IST)14 NOV 2018

Saina takes 3 points after the break but the gap is still huge!

Yamaguchi leads 14-4

16:10 (IST)14 NOV 2018

Yamaguchi is 11-1 ahead at the mid-game interval.

16:09 (IST)14 NOV 2018

Yamaguchi is now ahead at 8-1 as Saina gets on the board!

16:07 (IST)14 NOV 2018

6-0 to Yamaguchi

16:07 (IST)14 NOV 2018

Now it's Yamaguchi's turn to dominate and she is doing it how!

The Japanese opens up a whopping 5-0 lead in Game 2

16:02 (IST)14 NOV 2018

Saina has bagged the first game 21-10

16:02 (IST)14 NOV 2018

10 game points for Nehwal!

20-10

16:01 (IST)14 NOV 2018

The pace of the game has slowed down a bit.....yet Saina is far ahead at 18-10

16:01 (IST)14 NOV 2018

It's 17-9 for the Indian at present

16:00 (IST)14 NOV 2018

And two more points come Saina's way! She is now ahead at 16-7

15:59 (IST)14 NOV 2018

Saina has picked up from where she left...with three more points she races further ahead to 14-7

15:57 (IST)14 NOV 2018

What a comeback this has been from the Indian! Can she continue this even after the break?

15:57 (IST)14 NOV 2018

It's an 11-7 advantage for Nehwal at the mid-game interval.

15:56 (IST)14 NOV 2018

SAINA GOES UP TO 10-7 NOW

15:55 (IST)14 NOV 2018

THIS IS AN AGGRESSIVE SHOW FROM THE INDIAN NOW!!!!!

SHE TAKES THREE POINTS ON THE TROT TO RACE AHEAD TO 8-5

15:54 (IST)14 NOV 2018

SAINA HAS DRAWN LEVEL TO MAKE IT 5-5

15:53 (IST)14 NOV 2018

AND SAINA IS FIGHTING BACK!!!!!

SHE TAKES THREE POINTS AND NOW TRAILS BY JUST ONE POINT AT 3-4

15:51 (IST)14 NOV 2018

And the Japanese takes yet another point!

She is up 3-0

15:50 (IST)14 NOV 2018

And the match has started!

It's 2-0 to Yamaguchi!
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