PV Sindhu vs Chen Yufei, Live Badminton Score and Updates, Denmark Open Super Series 2017 First Round

And with that, our Denmark Open first round liveblog comes to an end. Hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for staying with us.

Do join us tomorrow for the live coverage of the second round.

Till then, goodnight and goodbye!

All eyes were on Sindhu after Saina's big win over Olympic champion Carolina Marin earlier in the day. But Sindhu could not join Saina, Srikanth Kidambi and HS Prannoy in Round 2.

That was a disappointing end to a day that has been good for Indian shuttlers so far. But credit to the reigning world junior champion, who absolutely never gave any chance to Sindhu.

Final score: Chen Yufei def PV Sindhu 21-17, 23-21

It is the end of PV Sindhu's journey at the 2017 Denmark Open.

This time Chen converts! 23-21

5th match point for Chen...22-21

And Sindhu saves it too...21-21

Chen gets her FOURTH match point...21-20

And SINDHU SAVES ALL THREE MATCH POINTS...20-20

And she saves yet another....19-20

Sindhu saves one....18-20

Chen has rocketed to multiple match points now....up at 20-17

A long rally goes to the Chinese..she extends her lead to 18-16

17-16 now

Now the score is 17-15 in favour of the Chinese.

Can this inspire her?

Sindhu gets two points to close the gap to 14-16

Chen has surged to 16-12 now

The Indian still hasn't found a way out....is 12-15 behind

Chen has gone up to 14-11

Desperate times for Sindhu now....can she produce some magic here?

Chen is up 13-11 now

At half-time, it is the Chinese who has an 11-10 lead.

10-10 now

Absolutely tight affair..9-9

It is all level now....8-8

Sindhu is trying her best to close the gap....currently trails 7-8

The World No. 10 still has the upper hand at 7-5

Trouble for Sindhu as Chen shoots up to 6-3.

Chen has gone up to 4-2....can Sindhu still stage a comeback?

Can Sindhu come back in this game?

SECOND GAME

They are tied at 1-1

Chen Yufei bags the first game 21-17

And she makes it 19-17

The young Chinese inches ahead to 18-17

They are evenly poised at 16-16

It's still very tight...Chen has just a one-point lead at 15-14

But Sindhu won't give up so easily! It's back to 13-13

It's a reversal of fortunes after the break. The Chinese takes 3 points on the trot to lead 13-11.

At the mid-game interval, Sindhu takes a slender lead of 11-10

AND SHE IS BACK IN THIS!!!! 9-9

Sindhu is now just ONE POINT behind at 8-9

The Chinese is still in control...leads 9-6

Still trails by 2 points at 6-8

Sindhu is slowly and steadily coming back into this...trails 5-7 now

Sindhu gets a couple of points but Chen is still ahead at 6-3

5-1 for the Chinese

And the Chinese builds on it further for 4-1

3-1 for Chen Yufei...slow start for Sindhu

PV Sindhu vs Chen Yufei, Live Badminton Score and Updates, Denmark Open Super Series 2017 First Round

Chen Yufei defeated PV Sindhu 21-17, 23-21 in the first round.