PBL Live Score: Hyderabad Hunters vs Bengaluru Blasters live commentary and Carolina Marin match updates

Live coverage of PBL 2017 match featuring Carolina Marin and Viktor Axelsen.

Updated: 07 January 2017 21:45 IST - Published: 07 January 2017 18:16 IST

And that wraps up our live coverage of PBL 2017 for today. Hope you enjoyed it. Do join us tomorrow. Good night!

Played singles after 6 years and put up a brave fight against the Olympic champion! Take a bow @P9Ashwini! #BLRvHYD #BaddiesAreBack
— PBL India (@PBLIndiaLive) January 7, 2017

You may have just lost the match! @P9Ashwini take a bow you've shown & won plenty of hearts! #PBL2017 #BaddiesAreBack #Respect
— HyderabadHunters (@Hyd_Hunters) January 7, 2017

Ponnappa may have lost that match but what a show of courage it was from the doubles exponent. She never felt intimidated by the Olympic champion's presence and later on admitted that it was an honour playing Marin.

And this was a Trump win which means it is a 4-3 win for the Hyderabad Hunters

Marin wins the game, 11-8

It is 10-8 for Marin after Ponnappa makes some errors

And it is 8-8

A crosscourt smash from Ponnappa for 8-7

A brilliant smash from Ashwini for 7-7

With two unforced errors from Ponnappa, it is 6-6 now

A calm, steady Ponnappa breaks into a smile as she beats Carolina at the net for 6-4

The Bangalore girl is now up 4-3. The crowd is loving it!

Ponnappa doing a great job with her defence and is now up 3-1

Marin has taken the second game, 11-5

But she can't do it for long. It is game point for Marin at 10-4

Ponnappa trying her best to check the errors. She is now trailing 3-7

The World No. 2 is up 6-2 at the break now

Screams galore from the Olympic champion as she races to 5-1

Marin has finally wrested back the momentum. It is 4-0 for Marin

Shall we see a sensational upset here?

Standing ovation from the Bengaluru bench as Ashwini takes the opener, 11-9

Playing unorthodox shots, the Bengaluru girl looks very confident at the moment. She is up 10-8

And Ponnappa's doubles experience is coming in handy here. She has surged to 9-6 now

Marin has a slender lead of 6-5 at the break

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