HS Prannoy vs Lin Yu Hsien Live Score and Commentary New Zealand Open Quarter-finals

This was the final big event before the prestigious World Championships, beginning on August 21. Indian shuttlers are definitely primed for a great show there.

Till then, it's goodbye from us. Hope you enjoyed the blog. Stay tuned to Sportskeeda for all the latest updates on Indian badminton.

Prannoy had FOUR chances to wrap up the match. Unfortunately, fell short. With this, his incredible NINE-MATCH winning streak comes to an end!

India's campaign at the New Zealand Open comes to an end as well

Final score: Lin wins 21-10, 20-22, 23-21.

This time Lin takes it! 23-21

Now Lin has a match point of his own....his third overall and first of this game....22-21

21-21....that is SOME RESILIENCE from Lin

FOURTH MATCH POINT for the Indian..21-20

Lin SAVES ALL OF THE THREE MATCH POINTS....20-20

Lin saves yet another one....Prannoy has only one match point left at 20-19

One gets saved....20-18

Prannoy has THREE MATCH POINTS. 20-17

19-17

It is 19-16

Now Prannoy is in full flow! Exuding quiet confidence, the World No. 17 has asserted his supremacy and gone up to 18-15

15-14 to the Indian

14-14

Prannoy remains ahead just marginally. 13-12

It is 11-10 to Prannoy at the interval.

It continues to be even...10-10

The rallies are long and exhausting. The pace of the match has considerably slowed down.

9-9

Nail-biting affair it is...Prannoy trails 7-8

6-7

Now the Indian is clawing his way back...5-7

Will there be a frequent shift in momentum just like the last game?

Again Lin has taken control....goes up 7-4.

and 4-4...this is TIGHT

And we are back to 3-3

He needs to be on the alert.

Currently, he is 1-2 down.

THIRD GAME

Will that stunning comeback help to unleash the sleeping beast inside Prannoy?

WHAT A COMEBACK THAT WAS FROM 2 MATCH POINTS DOWN!!!!

PRANNOY TAKES THE SECOND GAME, 22-20

Now Prannoy has a game point of his own...21-20

And he SAVES the second one too! 20-20

Prannoy saves one..19-20

Lin reaches match points at 20-18

Prannoy trails 18-19

And it is FIVE. Lin leads 19-17

FOUR straight points to the World No. 48

Now Lin in the lead at 18-17

Things are HEATING UP here! Prannoy's lead has been cut down to 17-16

The gap has closed to just 2 points now at 16-14. Prannoy needs to be careful.

It is a FOUR-POINT lead for the World No. 17 at 15-11

13-10 it is for the fourth seed.

At half-time, Prannoy leads 11-8

Although, he cannot afford to relax for his opponent is determined.

Sensing Prannoy has settled in.

And the US Open champion increases the lead to 10-7

The oscillation of momentum continues. Now it is a run of 4 points to Prannoy that makes him go up to 8-5.