14:24 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
14:23 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Sindhu faces the Group B leader Sun Yu on Thursday. They last played at the China Open final which the Indian won in 3.
14:18 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
PV Sindhu is now in 2nd position in the Group B Standings. Earlier, China's Sun Yu had upset the Olympic champion Carolina Marin and she is thus leads the Group B Standings.
14:16 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Final score: 12-21, 21-8, 21-15 win for PV Sindhu
14:15 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
PV Sindhu WINS HER DEBUT MATCH AT THE WORLD SUPERSERIES FINALS!!!
14:14 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Yamaguchi's shot goes wide as PV Sindhu wins the game 21-15
14:13 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Huge roar as Sindhu reaches match point at 20-14.
14:12 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
The crowd singing, 'Jeetega, jeetega, India jeetega!"
14:12 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Sindhu is now just 2 points away from victory at 19-12.
14:10 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Yamaguchi has grabbed a couple of points to make 12-16 now
14:08 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Sindhu appears to be running away with this. Up now 15-10
14:07 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
The points are fast now. Sindhu up 14-10
14:06 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
The Olympic medallist needs to be careful here as Yamaguchi has come back for 10-12
14:04 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Superb dropshot from Sindhu for a 12-8 lead
14:02 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
The stadium is reverberating with chants of support from Indian fans.
14:02 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Great footwork from Sindhu to rush to the net and finish off things. With that, she has surged to 11-7 at the mid-game interval.
14:00 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
But Sindhu has put the brake and has now gone up 9-6
13:59 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Great angular shot from the 2nd seed to get within 6-8
13:58 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Errors hurting the Japanese badly. Sindhu now up 8-5
13:56 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
The Indian has snatched the momentum for 7-4
13:55 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Gopichand approves as Sindhu goes for the corner en route to 5-3
13:54 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
An excellent finish at the net from Yamaguchi and she is now 3-4
13:52 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
The Indian moves ahead to 3-1
13:51 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
The Indian has taken a 2-1 lead now
13:50 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
It is now 1-1
13:49 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
GAME 3
Sindhu wins a brilliant point to start off things, 1-0
13:46 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
WHAT A TURNAROUND THAT WAS!!!!!
13:46 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
PV Sindhu takes the second game, 21-8
13:46 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Akane finally wins a point after 13 consecutive points won by the Indian. Sindhu now leads 20-8
13:45 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Game point for Sindhu, she is up 20-7
13:44 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
It is now 19-7 in favour of Sindhu
13:43 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Akane slips on the court and Sindhu goes up 17-7
13:43 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Sindhu's smart move of lifting the shots and making Akane move all around the court is working perfectly. She is now up 16-7
13:41 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
And she gets another point for 14-7
13:41 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
It is all going the Indian's way now. She has raced ahead to 13-7
13:39 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Sindhu's jump smash gives her an 11-7 advantage at half-time.
13:38 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
A fired up Sindhu stalls the Yamaguchi comeback to go up 10-7
13:37 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
And it is all level at 7-7
13:37 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Murmurs in the crowd as the second seed is now just a solitary point away at 6-7
13:36 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
The difference is now 2 once more as Sindhu finds the net for 7-5
13:35 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
A Sindhu error and a brilliant Yamaguchi corner shot help the Japanese to come within 4-6.
13:33 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
The China Open champion is now up 6-2
13:32 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Immediately she snatches back the momentum for 5-1
13:32 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
The tape blocks Sindhu's shot again and she is now 4-1
13:31 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Sindhu blazes to 4-0
13:31 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Loud roars all around as Sindhu goes up 3-0
13:30 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
GAME 2
Sindhu lets out a scream to go up 2-0.
13:29 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Sindhu needs a lot of patience and calmness to tactically play the Japanese.
13:28 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
Yamaguchi's touch and finesse are doing the talk now. She has grabbed the first game 21-12.
13:26 (GMT)14 DEC 2016
The momentum is with Akane now and she is now 2 points away from winning the game at 19-12
That wraps up our coverage of the World Superseries Finals. Hope you enjoyed it. We shall be back tomorrow with the live coverage of Sindhu's second group match. Good night.