PBL 2018: Bengaluru Blasters vs Hyderabad Hunters, Live Match Updates

Hyderabad Hunters def Bengaluru Blasters 6-(-1)

Updated: 11 January 2018 22:37 IST - Published: 11 January 2018 18:00 IST

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With that, Hyderabad surge to the top of the table with 20 points! The table toppers will take on the Delhi Dashers in the semi-finals while the fourth-placed Bengaluru Blasters will meet the Ahmedabad Smash Masters in the last-four.

They have completely ANNIHILATED THE BENGALURU BLASTERS!

WHAT A STATEMENT THAT IS FROM THE HYDERABAD TEAM!!

Wow! What a performance that was from the Hyderabad pair! And what a night for Team Hyderabad!

They have won EVERY MATCH TONIGHT!

Final score: 6-(-1) win for the Hyderabad Hunters

Markis Kido & Yoo Yeon Seong overturn the trumps and beat Mathias Boe & Kim Sa Rang in a fierce match.

They win 1⃣5⃣-1⃣0⃣ | 1⃣1⃣-1⃣5⃣ | 1⃣5⃣-7⃣

Tie score: Hyderabad 6 - (-1) Bengaluru#HYDvBLR #VodafonePBL #SmashTheHouseDown pic.twitter.com/TDeRMJcXqn
— PBL India (@PBLIndiaLive) January 11, 2018

Markis Kido & Yoo Yeon Seong are in total control of the decider. They lead 10-4 against Mathias Boe & Kim Sa Rang.#HYDvBLR #VodafonePBL #SmashTheHouseDown
— PBL India (@PBLIndiaLive) January 11, 2018

5-2 to Kido and Seong in the decider.

Will Hyderabad win all the matches tonight?

Bengaluru have made their efforts count!

15-11 goes the second game to the Trump pair of Bengaluru

The Trump pair of Bengaluru has gone up to 9-6

It's 4-4 in Game 2

Boe and Kim take the first game 15-10

It is 8-8 in this absorbing clash

Boe and Kim grab an 8-5 lead at halftime

Team Bengaluru up 4-3 in this high-quality men's doubles encounter.

The night ends with another trump match!

Markis Kido & Yoo Yeong Seong take on Bengaluru Blasters' trumps Mathias Boe & Kim Sa Rang.#HYDvBLR #VodafonePBL #SmashTheHouseDown
— PBL India (@PBLIndiaLive) January 11, 2018

1⃣5⃣-1⃣1⃣ | 1⃣1⃣-1⃣5⃣ | 1⃣5⃣-1⃣1⃣

The veteran Lee Hyun Il wins a hard battle against Subhankar Dey, ensuring victory for Hyderabad Hunters.

Tie score: Hyderabad 5 - 0 Bengaluru#HYDvBLR #VodafonePBL #SmashTheHouseDown pic.twitter.com/64WusohsB4
— PBL India (@PBLIndiaLive) January 11, 2018

Great embrace at the net from the two as Lee finishes the job!

He takes Hyderabad Hunters to a 5-0 lead in tonight's tie.

Subhankar's lack of patience and sharpness not helping at all.

Trails 10-13

Big smash from Lee down the line as he surges to 11-7.

The body language from Subhankar is not that good at the moment

Lee has now inched ahead to 9-6

It's 8-3 to the Denmark Open runner-up going into the interval.

It's a 6-3 lead for the Korean

Lee has opened up a 3-0 lead

Dey grabs the second game 15-11.

Things are getting tight here!

Lee using his fabulous net shots to make it a two-point gap.

10-12

Points are pretty fast and short!

Lee attacking brilliantly and makes it 8-11

Dey adds eight points on the trot!

WOW!

He even has an 8-5 lead going into the interval.

Dey calmed himself after that early rout by Lee and he put up some excellent footwork to make it 5-5

It's 5-0 to the Korean.

He looks all set to get this nice and easy

With a delicate push that puts the shuttle right on the sideline, Lee takes the opening game 15-11

Lee has reached game points now.

14-10

Great way to outfox the Korean and snatch a point as he finds open court on Lee's backhand wing.

7-10

The 37-year-old Korean is showing all his experience here.

It's totally a Lee show here

8-3

Lee is racing away to a big lead.

5-1

And we have our first Trump Match of the day!

Lee Hyun Il is the Trump for the home team. He faces Bengaluru's Subhankar Dey

And Marin gets it done in style!

15-9, 15-7 win for the Hyderabad Hunters

And the former World No. 1 is up 12-6

Marin is now beginning to impose her attacking game and is separating herself from Gilmour!

9-5

Gilmour showing her fighting qualities here.

She hasn't let Marin build a big lead.

Trails 5-7

Interesting trivia about the two players on court:

Marin's idol is Rafael Nadal and Gilmour's idol is Andy Murray.

We actually have a tennis duel on court now!

And without any surprise, Marin has motored her way to 5-3

Slender 2-1 lead to Gilmour in Game 2

Marin struggled with the drift a bit and made a couple of errors. But Gilmour helped her cause by putting the shuttle into the net.

15-9.

Gilmour fought back to get to 7-9 but Marin cut down her errors just in time to race to 12-7

It's 9-5 to the Olympic champion

She is up 8-4 at the break.

The fans can't get enough of Carolina Marin!

The Spaniard has found some great angles to go up to 7-4

This is a rematch of the 2017 European Championships final, which Marin won

And Marin goes up to 4-2.

Unsurprisingly, the stadium is reverberating with Marin's screams.