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.