India Open 2018, Quarter final: B. Sai Praneeth vs Chen Tien Chou, Live Match Updates

Chou Tien Chen wins 21-15, 21-13

Updated: 02 February 2018 17:04 IST - Published: 02 February 2018 15:37 IST

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Chout Tien Chen proved to be too powerful for the Indian, who clearly wasn't at his best. Both Parupalli Kashyap and Sai Praneeth are thus out of the 2018 India Open.

Sai Praneeth is OUT of the tournament!

After a great exchange, Sai sends the shuttle wide!

Chou Tien Chen wins 21-15, 21-13

Sai saves one!

13-20

Eight match points to Chen

20-12

19-12 to the third seed.

Sai hasn't been able to do any kind of damage in the last few points!

Sai could add only one point after that as the third seed looks very much in control.

16-11

Chen has increased the pace of his shots and races ahead to 14-10

And Sai now trails by just ONE POINT!

10-11

It's a great response from the Indian post-interval.

He grabs two points on the trot and makes it 9-11

It's 11-7 to the third seed going into the mid-game interval.

Chen is now up 9-5

This game is a mirror image of the first.

Chen is up to 6-4 at the moment

Sai is moving well but his poor execution his letting him down.

Fumbled at the net and lets Chen go up to 5-3

It's 4-2 to the third seed

SECOND GAME

Chou has a mini lead of 2-1 in the opening stages of the second game.

And Chen adds three more points very quickly to grab the first game 21-15

The third seed looks comfortable at the moment.

18-15

Chen has separated himself from Sai once again.

Up 16-14

And SAI HAS LEVELLED MATTERS HERE!

14-14

A show of determination from Sai here!

Chen's lead has been cut down to 14-13

Pretty good show from the Singapore Open winner here.

He hasn't let Chen run away to a big lead.

Sai trails 11-13

And Sai gets back another point.

9-12

Chen has a four-point advantage at 12-8.

Chen goes into the mid-game interval with an 11-6 lead.

Sai still trying to fight back here although Chen is up 10-6

Chou staves off Sai's comeback with some fine attack and surges to 9-5

Sai Praneeth looks to have settled into this match...slowly and steadily he has been chipping away at Chen's great lead.

Sai trails 4-6

Sai gets his first couple of points but Chou is still very much in command!

Up 5-2

Chen looking very powerful at the start and has all the answers. He is up 3-0

First point to Chou

Sai to serve first

Good afternoon! The players are on court.

Welcome to the live blog of the men's singles quarter-final match of the India Open between B. Sai Praneeth and Chen Tien Chou at the Siri Sports Complex.

Sai Praneeth has shown some good form in his first two matches of the tournament. In the first round, the World No. 18 had a tough time beating Rajiv Ouseph in three sets. However, he was in top form in the second round when he saw off Hong Kong's Hu Yun in straight games.

In the quarters, he faces a stern challenge in the form of World No. 7 Chen. In absence of Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy, both of whom crashed out in the previous rounds, Sai Praneeth leads India's charge in men's singles and he will have to take up the onus.