Malaysia Open 2018, Men's singles, Quarterfinal: Kidambi Srikanth vs Brice Leverdez, Live Match Updates

Final Score: 18-21, 14-21

Updated: 29 June 2018 16:06 IST - Published: 29 June 2018 13:48 IST

Srikanth will now head to the semi finals!

Final Score: 18-21, 14-21

And Srikanth has his way and prevails over the Frenchman!!

Leverdez scampers behind Srikanth at 14-20!

SRIKANTH IS A POINT AWAY!

The Indian stays comfortable with a 12-19 lead!!

Srikanth is getting difficult to stop as he is just a few points away from taking the match!

Srikanth keeps a safe distance from Leverdez as he races to a 17-11 lead!

Brice collects 3 successive points but lags behind Srikanth at 14-9!

Srikanth eludes Brice as he skirts off to a 14-6 lead!

Srikanth races off to an 11-5 lead over Brice!

Srikanth maintains a comfortable 9-5 lead!

After an incredible rally, Srikanth edges past and leads 7-5!

Srikanth smashes to equalize with Leverdez at 5 all!

They stay abreast of each other and it's 4 all!

Into the 2nd game, it's 1 ALL for the Indo-French duo!

We are headed to the 2nd game now!

And Srikanth has it easy! He scoots off to a 21-18 first game!

Leverdez is right on his heels at 19-18!

Can he close in on this first game easily?

Srikanth races off to a 19-17 lead!

Leverdez wins back service but Srikanth stays ahead at 17-16!

Srikanth edges past the Frenchman and goes up to a 16-13!

The Indo-French duo stay abreast of each other. It's 13 ALL!

Leverdez dissolves the point differences quickly and equalizes at 12 all!

Srikanth surpasses Leverdez expertly and races to a 11-9 lead!

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