HS Prannoy vs Kazumasa Sakai Live Score and Commentary Indonesia Open 2017 Semi-finals

India still has Srikanth Kidambi to look forward to...he faces the second seed Son Wan Ho for a spot in the final

That loss will surely hurt Prannoy..he had 5 match points....but credit to the Japanese for the gutsy show

And Sakai wins!!!!! 17-21, 28-26, 21-18

Saves one...20-18

Prannoy finds the net this time...match points for Sakai at 20-17

And Prannoy misses this time! 17-19

And 17-18

16-18

Prannoy finds the open court....15-18

13-18...Prannoy being impatient and inconsistent

A huge rally finishes in Prannoy's favour..13-17

The Indian gets back one point....12-17

Errors flowing free and fast from Prannoy's game.....trails 11-17

Another point at the net....11-15

A big lob from Prannoy that lands on the line....10-15

This is slowly slipping away from Prannoy's grip now....9-14

Sakai is up 11-9 at the break

Prannoy has closed the gap to just 2 points now...8-10

7-10 now

Time is running out for Prannoy if he still wants to win

Sakai is still comfortably placed at 9-6

8-5 for the Japanese now

He now trails 3-6

Has Prannoy mentally given up after squandering so many match points?

Sakai is now up 6-2

Now it is the Japanese who goes up to 4-2

THIRD GAME

Hard-fought in the early stages..2-2

What a show of guts from the Japanese!!!!

SAKAI CONVERTS!!!! 28-26

Now Sakai gets a game point at 27-26

And not a surprise that it gets saved YET AGAIN.....26-26

Another match point for the Indian.....26-25

What resilience from the Japanese!!!!! 25-25

Another match point for Prannoy..25-24

And Sakai's brutal defence saves it..24-24

Yet another match point for Prannoy...24-23

Now it's Prannoy's turn to save it...23-23

Now Sakai has a set point...23-22

AND IT CONTINUES TO BE EVEN...22-22

21-21

SECOND MATCH POINT FOR PRANNOY....21-20

20-20

MATCH POINT FOR PRANNOY....20-19

Back to 19-19

Now the Indian inches ahead....19-18

BACK TO LEVEL!!!!! 18-18

And he is coming back..17-18

Just a 2-point gap now...Prannoy trails 16-18

18-15 now

And another....15-17