PV Sindhu vs Beiwen Zhang, Indonesia Open SS 2017 - As it happened

Sindhu won the first game 21-15

Updated: 15 June 2017 20:30 IST - Published: 15 June 2017 19:29 IST

That ends our liveblog of the Indonesia Open for today. Do join us tomorrow for the quarter-final blog. Till then stay tuned to Sportskeeda for more updates on Indian badminton.

Let us hope the men will keep the Indian Tricolour flying high at the Indonesia Open.

While the men have soared high, it has been an extremely disappointing day for the Indian women with both Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu making exit on the same day.

Final score: 15-21, 21-12, 21-18 win for Zhang

And Zhang COMPLETES THE UPSET

20-18 it is as Sindhu saves a match point

Zhang has match points at 20-17

Will the Indian be able to show some magic here?

And once more, it is the American who has the advantage...19-17

But Sindhu, like the champion she is, erases that lead to make it 17-17

Zhang maintains her 2-point lead over the Rio Olympic medallist...17-15

Can Sindhu still come back?

And Zhang takes a huge step here....she is up 16-14

And it is 13-13

Can Sindhu use all her experience and her guts to pull through this one?

This will be a big test of nerves for both

The match continues in the same vein.....it is 12-12

At half-time, Sindhu manages to have an 11-10 lead.

It is 9-9

And Zhang makes it 7-7

It continues to be a hard-fought game....hardly anything to separate the two...Sindhu is ahead at 7-6

It's a closely-fought battle now....Sindhu is barely ahead at 5-4

And the fourth seed stretches her lead to 4-2

THIRD GAME

Sindhu makes a fast start here to go up to 2-1

What a performance that was! Complete domination!