PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi, Live Badminton Score and Updates, Hong Kong Open Superseries 2017 Quarter-finals

And that wraps up our Hong Kong Open liveblog for the day.

Hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for staying with us.

Do join us tomorrow for the live coverage of the semi-finals.

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Goodbye!

Sindhu will next meet the sixth seeded Ratchanok Intanon for a place in the final.

What a second game that was!

So many momentum shifts....Sindhu went up, then Akane came storming back and then again the lead changed hands and went back to Sindhu.

Akane did compete well but lost her usual precision in the end. And Sindhu didn't blink when she finally got an opportunity. And what a way to win the match point!

Sindhu is definitely looking more energetic and hungry this week in Hong Kong.

Final score: Sindhu def Yamaguchi, 21-12, 21-19 in 37 minutes to enter the semi-finals.

She wins!

21-19 in the second game

Sindhu's shot lands spectacularly on the backline!

Now Sindhu finds the net.

20-19

Akane misses!

Match points to SIndhu

20-18

And wide shot again from Akane

Sindhu up 19-18

Yet another wide shot from Akane

18-18

Wide from Akane

Sindhu trails 17-18

Sindhu falters at the net.

Akane inches ahead to 18-16

Another one goes out from Akane

She barely leads 17-16

3-point lead for Akane at 17-14

Long from Akane!

Pusarla has clawed back to 13-16

Another shot drifts long from Sindhu as Akane making her retrieve low dropshots.

Akane still leads 16-12

Akane finds the net now.

Still up 14-11

Akane's precision is amazing right now!

Goes up to 14-10

Errors continue from Sindhu

She trails 8-13

Yamaguchi's defence is stealing the show now.

Up 11-8 at the midgame interval.

Akane kept on attacking Sindhu's backhand and now gets the reward too.

She goes up to 10-8

Highly competitive game now

8-8

Akane tried for a down the line winner but miscalculated the direction

Now evenly poised 7-7

6-6

Now Sindhu's defence has a hole!

5-5

As Akane's defence fails, Sindhu surges to 5-4

We are back to 4-4

Now Sindhu spraying errors.

Trails 3-4

We are back on level terms

3-3

Akane sends the shuttle right on the backline

2-3

Sindhu up 3-0

2-0 lead for the Indian with a great smash

Second game

Sindhu starts with a bang!

1-0

And she needs only one to convert and bag the first game!

21-12 it is for Sindhu!

Game points for Sindhu!

20-12

Akane continues to pepper unforced errors.

She sends Sindhu up to 18-12

Sindhu up 16-10

Akane finds open court.

She is playing much better but hasn't yet been able to cut out all errors from her game.

14-9 lead for Sindhu

What a dropshot from Sindhu!

She leads 13-8

Great defence from Akane but she errs.

Sindhu up 12-7

At the interval, Sindhu up 11-6

Burst of power from Sindhu and it finds the net!

She leads 10-6

And Hawkeye confirms it caught the sideline.

Sindhu up 10-5

Challenge from Sindhu as Akane's shot is deemed in

Another error from the Japanese.

She trails 4-9

Big smash and Sindhu up 8-3

Akane lacking in a bit of sharpness. Struggling with her dropshots.

Trails 3-7

So far completely one-sided.

Sindhu up 6-1