India Open 2018, Second Round: Saina Nehwal vs Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt, Live Match Updates

Nehwal wins 21-12, 21-11

Updated: 01 February 2018 21:17 IST - Published: 01 February 2018 15:19 IST

That wraps up our live coverage of Day 3 of the 2018 India Open. Thanks for staying with us.

Do join us tomorrow for the live updates from the quarter-finals.

Goodnight!

That was a pretty good performance from the Indonesia Masters runner-up. Tomorrow she will look to reach a BWF World Tour Super 500 semi-final for the second week in a row!

Saina Nehwal is through to the quarter-finals! She joins PV Sindhu in the last-eight!!

And Saina wastes no time! She wraps it up in style!

21-12, 21-11

Saina simply too experienced and too intelligent for the Dane!

Up 17-9

The Dane is not able to keep the shuttle in the court.

Saina is now up at 15-8

It's 12-7 to the Indian currently

Saina soars to 11-5 at the mid-game interval.

And she is pretty pumped up too right now...shouting, 'Come on' after every winner!

Saina is outfoxing Line through her deceptive shots at the moment!

Leads 8-2

And she jumps to 6-2

Smooth as butter!

Saina cruises to 4-1

It's 1-1 in Game 2

Saina takes the first game 21-12.

Three game points for Nehwal at 20-11

It's a 17-11 lead for the Indian.

Saina is very much in control of this game now.

It's 14-10 to the Indian currently.

The Danish girl is trying to fight back.

It's 13-8 to Saina, who builds a FIVE-POINT GAP!!!!!

Line takes two points post-break to trail 7-11

Saina is up 11-5 at the mid-game interval.

No stopping Saina at the moment!

9-4

It's 6-4 for the Indonesia Masters runner-up.

Saina looking sharp and confident as ever!

5-3

We are under way!

2-2 in the initial stages

Good evening! The players are on court now.

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