Parupalli Kashyap vs Sourabh Verma Live Score and Commentary New Zealand Open Third Round

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Goodbye.

We could have three Indians in the last-eight as later in the day, the 16th seeded Siril Verma too will be in action in the third round.

US Open champion HS Prannoy too has made it to the quarter-finals, beating 10th seeded Wei Nan, 21-18, 21-19

What a match it was!! This is Verma's first quarter-final since the Syed Modi International in January.

Kashyap bowed out in the end but not before giving an amazing display of his fighting skills!

Sourabh Verma WINS 21-18, 13-21, 21-16

And another....16-20

Kashyap saves one....15-20

SIX MATCH POINTS FOR VERMA......20-14

19-14

And 18-13

It is 17-12 as Kashyap's chances are now slipping away..

The rallies are now long and tiring. Verma still ahead at 16-12

Kashyap continues to be 3 points behind at 12-15

But Verma regroups and storms ahead to 14-11 by bagging three points on the trot

And it is 11-11....we have a match now!!!

Kashyap comes back to 10-11 after the break

Verma leads 11-9 at half-time

And he makes it just a solitary point gap....9-10

It is a TWO-POINT gap now....Kashyap has come back to 8-10

It is 9-6 for Verma now

Has Kashyap run out of energy or can he still roar back into contention?

It is 8-3 now for Verma

Third game

Verma looks to have brushed off the second game setback and now leads 4-1

What a match we are having!!!!! This is the first ever international meeting between Kashyap and Sourabh and it is living up to the expectations!!

And Kashyap finishes in style!!!! He takes the second game, 21-13

Quick points are the order of the day now....Kashyap races ahead to 18-11

It's 16-10 for the Commonwealth Games champion

Steadily Verma is making his way back...trails 10-14

Kashyap leads 13-8 after the break

Kashyap goes up to 11-7 at half-time

It is 10-6

8-5 it is currently

It is 7-4 for the 15th seed....he is looking good enough to try and force a decider.

And it is a 3-point gap now....6-3

And this time, it is the senior countryman who inches ahead first to 4-2

Kashyap evens it at 2-2

SECOND GAME

Sourabh looks more confident as he goes up to 2-1

And Sourabh finally makes no mistake!! He dashes all of Kashyap's hopes and grabs the opener, 21-18

This time Sourabh is the first to reach game points at 20-18

What a thrilling end to this game!!! Sourabh again goes up only to see Kashyap make it a one-point gap again.....he trails 18-19

WOW!! It's just a one-point gap now!!!!!

But the unperturbed Kashyap comes back and makes it 17-18

Sourabh stops the Kashyap march and goes up to 18-15

And the Commonwealth Games champion has made it just a TWO-POINT gap!....he is now 15-17

And he has come back to 12-16.

Kashyap is trying to slow down Verma now and is being effective....he trails 10-16.

It's 15-8...is there any chance of the US Open runner-up to come back and still make this game competitive?

It's a FIVE-POINT advantage now....13-8

After the break, Sourabh is still ahead at 12-6

Verma cruises to 11-5 at the interval as Kashyap continues to struggle.

Parupalli Kashyap vs Sourabh Verma Live Score and Commentary New Zealand Open Third Round

Verma wins 21-18, 13-21, 21-16.