PV Sindhu vs Chen Xiaoxin Live Score and Commentary Australian Open 2017 Second Round

Final score: 21-13, 21-18 win for PV Sindhu

PV SINDHU WINS!!!!!!! She is into the quarter-finals!!

TWO MATCH POINTS for Sindhu at 20-18

Sindhu again inches ahead to 19-17...will she be able to close it out this time?

And 17-18 now

Chen is again trying to make another comeback....such determination from this girl..she trails 16-18

It's 18-15 now

And it's a THREE-POINT lead now....17-14

It's 16-14 now for the Indian

Sindhu has staved off her challenge for now to lead 15-13

Chen is not giving up....it's 14-13

FOUR STRAIGHT POINTS FOR SINDHU...14-11

Two quick points for Sindhu on resumption...11-11

It's Chen who leads 11-10 at the break.

Chen grabbed a lead of 10-9 but the next point goes in Sindhu's favour after a long rally....10-10

9-9 now

And Chen has erased it quickly....8-8

It continues to be tight although Sindhu has a slim lead of 8-7 now

And it is 6-6

And it's back to 5-5

Sindhu claws her way back to 4-5

And suddenly, Chen has found a fresh burst of energy here....she leads 5-2 now

And it's back to level....2-2

SECOND GAME

Chen makes a fast start, leads 2-1

And Sindhu grabs the opener, 21-13

SEVEN game points for Sindhu at 20-13

And now 19-12

It's a SIX-POINT Lead now for Sindhu at 18-12 as she gets close to wrapping this up

And she adds two more points to her tally to make it 17-10

Chen is trying her best to prolong the rallies and extract an error from Sindhu but so far, she hasn't been successful much. It's 15-10 for Sindhu.

Sindhu stops her march and makes it 13-9 in no time

And the second one too...she trails 8-11

The rallies are becoming longer and exhausting after the break....Chen takes the first point to close the gap to 7-11

Sindhu has an 11-6 advantage at half-time

And she has raced away to 10-6...fully in control of this game now

It's still a two-point gap.....the fifth seed is ahead, 8-6

It's 7-5 for the Indian now

Chen gets back a couple of points to pull within one point....5-6

Sharp, aggressive.....Sindhu goes up to 6-3

And the Indian is steadily separating herself from Chen...up 5-3

Sindhu continues to have a slender lead of 3-2

And PV Sindhu makes a blazing start...up 2-0

Good afternoon and welcome to the Sportskeeda liveblog of the Australian Open second round featuring India's PV Sindhu. The fifth seed has a relatively easy opposition in the second round in the form of World No. 22 Chen Xiaoxin of China.

This is their first meeting.

PV Sindhu vs Chen Xiaoxin Live Score and Commentary Australian Open 2017 Second Round

PV Sindhu wins, 21-13, 21-18