Orleans Masters 2018, Quarter-final: Sameer Verma vs Lucas Corvee, Live Match Updates

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It was a 1 hour 8 minute battle but Verma held his nerves and found his A-game towards the end to progress through to the semi-finals.

Hopefully, the win will inspire him to cut down on the unforced errors and put up a better display in the semi-finals.

Final score: Verma def Corvee 17-21, 21-19, 21-15 to enter the semi-finals.

SAMEER WINS!!!!!!

SIX MATCH POINTS FOR VERMA!!!

20-14

It's 18-12 to the Indian as he looks very, very aggressive!

The Swiss Open champion is now 16-11 up

Verma is bringing all his experience and confidence here as he races ahead to 15-11

It's 12-9 to the Indian

With a deft touch at the net, Verma goes up to 11-9 at the mid-game interval.

And Corvee comes storming back!

9-9

Verma calms down and staves off the onslaught to go up to 9-7

An injection of pace and power from Corvee sees him get to 6-7 after Sameer looked to be in control

What defence from Corvee!

He takes a mini lead of 5-4

Sameer smashes RIGHT ON THE LINE!

4-4

Corvee looks the more comfortable of the two now as he goes up to 4-1

GAME 3

Corvee has opened up a 2-0 lead

Verma takes Game No. 2 !!!!!

21-19

We have a decider!

What a crosscourt shot under pressure from Verma!

20-19 to Verma

And it is 19-19

With a big smash, Corvee makes it 18-19

Quite tense here

It's 18-16 to the Indian

He needs to be careful here

Sameer has found a spark as Corvee continues to err

It's 17-14 to Verma

And Sameer comes out on top of a long rally to take a 15-14 lead

And it is 14-14

Verma rides on that mini momentum shift to get to 13-14

Corvee makes a rare unforced error and Sameer gets a crucial point.

Corvee 14-12

Sameer is running out of energy as well as options here.

He now trails 11-13

Corvee goes into the interval with an 11-10 lead.

Corvee comes up with a quick flick of the wrist to level it again at 10-10

It continues to be even stevens!

9-9

And it is all level!

8-8

Sameer is finally showing some fighting spirit here and has closed the gap to one point.

7-8

Sameer is unable to find a solution to stop the barrage from the other side.

And his unforced errors too are not helping him.

Sameer trails 3-6

Determined and confident, Corvee now builds a 5-2 lead

And Corvee plays some great attacking strokes to go up further to 3-1

He trails 1-2...but it is still early days

Can Sameer make a comeback in Game 2? Let's find out!

And Corvee has converted the game point to take the first game 21-17.

Now Corvee has FOUR GAME POINTS!

20-16

The momentum shift continues again...this time it is with the Frenchman..he goes up to 18-15

And the Indian has recovered from the deficit in style!

He has levelled the score at 15-15

Verma looks to have lost his way now as the Frenchman races ahead to 15-12

It's 13-12 to the Frenchman now

Corvee has fought his way back to even the score at 12-12, post the interval.

And he adds two more points to lead 11-10 at the mid-game interval.

Verma is fighting his way back now!

Trails 9-10

Corvee continues to keep his nose in front.

10-8

This time Corvee falters at the net

He is still ahead at 8-7

Sameer makes an error at the net and now trails 6-7