Indonesia Masters 2018, Semi-finals: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty vs Marcus Fernaldi Gideon-Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, Live Match Updates

Gideon and Sukamuljo def Rankireddy and Shetty 21-14, 21-11 to enter final.

Updated: 27 January 2018 15:45 IST - Published: 27 January 2018 12:36 IST

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It's been a day of mixed fortunes for India as Saina Nehwal won her match earlier in the day.

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As for the Indians, their brilliant run ends here.

But they would surely learn a lot from this experience and take the positives out of it. This is only the start for them.

The irrepressible World No. 1 duo marches into the final of their home tournament.

And the top seeds have wrapped it up!

21-14, 21-11

And they make it 19-11

It's 18-10 for the top seeds.

The Indians take a couple of points.

Trail 9-16

15-6 for the top seeds.

The Indians are finding it a hurdle too high.

Seven-point advantage for the top seeds!

13-6

And the points are very fast now.

The top seeds inch ahead to 11-5 at the midgame break.

The top seeds are now ahead at 7-5

Shetty and Rankireddy continue to trail by 1 point.

3-4

Gideon and Sukamuljo are up 3-2

Second game

It's 1-1

The top seeds bag the first game 21-14

The Indians now trail 14-18

But the top seeds assert themselves completely here.

The points are fast and furious now.

They lead 17-12

The deficit is now reduced to 2 points.

12-14

But Rankireddy and Shetty are not discouraged by that.

They bag 2 points and now trail 10-13

It became a four-point gap, but the top seeds once again impose their aggressive game

13-8

After the top seeds bagged 7 points on the trot, the Indians take a point.

Top seeds lead 12-7

That's six points in a row for the Indonesians!!

The top seeds are at 11-6 going into the midgame interval.

Momentum with the top seeds now.

Up 9-6

2 points in a row by the top seeds.

They lead 7-6

And the Indians are into the lead for the first time.

6-5

The Indians never letting the top seeds build a big lead.

5-5

But the young Indians fight back and level it.

4-4

The top seeds have broken away to a 4-2 lead

And we are all level here.

2-2

First point to the World No. 1 pair.

Good afternoon. The players are on Court. The match is about to begin.

After upsetting fourth seeds Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding of Denmark in the quarter-finals, Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will now face the top seeds and World No. 1 pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia for a place in the final.

The World No. 32 pair showed tremendous grit and resilience to pull off a 23-21, 15-21, 21-19 win over the Danes in 1 hour 6 minutes.
The Indian youngsters have been a revelation in this tournament as the quarter-final victory was their third consecutive top-20 win at the Indonesia Masters.

They started off with an effortless 21-15, 21-17 win over the eighth seeds and World No. 10 pair of Takuto Inoue and Yuki Kaneko.
In the second round, they were just as impressive and registered a 21-17, 21-16 win over the 17th ranked team of Liao Min Chun and Su Ching Heng.