New Zealand Open 2018, Men's Singles Semifinal: B Sai Praneeth vs Jonatan Christie, Live Match Updates

The Indonesian wins the match in 21-14,19-21,8-21!

The World No. 14 gets the better of World No. 18 Sai Praneeth who played extremely well in the first 2 sets.

And match point it is as he stands at 20-8

The Indonesian is dangerously close to match point

Praneeth wins back service and is trailing behind at 8-17

Can Praneeth bridge a 10 point gap?
He lags behind at 6-16!

Praneeth trails behind at 5-13

The tables have turned quite suddenly for the Indian

The Indonesian leads at 11-4

Praneeth makes a comeback and is trailing behind the Indonesian at 8-4!

The World No. 14 storms off to a 6-1 lead

The Indonesian starts off well. It's 1-0 in his favour.

We are headed to the third and deciding set!

Praneeth misses out on the set as the Indonesia gets the better of him and wins the second set in 21-19

Praneeth needs to buck up NOW!

The Indonesian is on game point suddenly!

Can Praneeth ward the Indonesian away and claim this set and the match?

Praneeth makes it to 19 all!!

The Indonesian assumes a 19-18 lead again

Praneeth takes the pressure well and equals it at 18 all!

The match just got a little intense with the World No. 14 taking a 18-17 lead

The duo are tied at 17 all and are at loggerheads with each other!

The Indian calls the shots at a 17-15 lead!

Praneeth manages to stay ahead of the Indonesian at 15-14!

Praneeth scoots off to a 14-12 lead over the Indonesian!

Praneeth makes up deftly and they are neck-to-neck at 12 all!

The Indonesian sails past Praneeth for the first time in the match as he takes a 11-10 lead

The Indonesian tries some damage control as he lags behind Praneeth who leads at 10-7!

Praneeth shows no signs of being stopped as he races to a 9-3 lead!

The World No. 18 Praneeth settles down to a comfortable 7-2 lead!

Praneeth dominates from the start and takes a 3-1 lead!

We'll begin with the 2nd set now!

The Indian seals the first set in 21-14 and steps closer to the finals!

Praneeth stands on game point at 20-14!!

Praneeth calls all the shots right as he stays in cruise control at 18-13!

The World No. 14 from Indonesia stays behind as the Indian leads the way with 16-12!

Praneeth maintains his lead and races ahead at 15-8!

And in no time, the ace Indian shuttler scoots off to a 11-4 lead against the Indonesian World No. 14!

Sai Praneeth fires on and leads the way with 8-4!

The Indonesian is on hot pursuit and lags behind Praneeth who leads at 5-4

The Indian retains his calm and sails off to a 5-3 lead!

Praneeth trails ahead of the World No. 14 at 4-2!

Sai Praneeth gets off to a 2-1 lead over the Indonesian!

And we are finally underway with the match!

We are about to begin the live coverage of the semi finals now!

In the quarters, Sai Praneeth eased past Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka 21-7, 21-9 in just 28 minutes to qualify for the semis!

The match will be getting underway soon!

Good Morning everyone! World No. 18 Sai Praneeth will be going up against World No. 14 Jonatan Christie in the semi finals of the New Zealand Open today!

Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda's live coverage of the New Zealand Open. Today, World No. 18 B Sai Praneeth will take on Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in the semifinal of men's singles.

Earlier, Sai Praneeth had sailed through the first round, beating Israel’s Misha Zilberman 21-11, 21-19. Then, he needed just 46 minutes to see off World No. 42 Daren Liew 21-18, 21-17 in the pre-quarters. In the quarters, he took even lesser time as he eased past Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka 21-7, 21-9 in just 28 minutes!

The Indian fifth seed today takes on World No. 14 Christie and it will be a stiffer challenge. The Indonesian has proven to be a tricky customer in the past. It promises to be an exciting contest. Stay tuned.