PV Sindhu vs Chen Yufei Live Score and Commentary Malaysia Open First Round

Tiredness must have played a role there. That ends India's challenge in women's singles at the Malaysia Open.

FINAL SCORE: Chen Yufei beats PV Sindhu 18-21, 21-19, 21-17

Yufei takes it, 21-17

Sindhu saves one

Yufei has FOUR match points at 20-16

Can she still stage a comeback?

Sindhu now trails 16-18.

But the Chinese takes a point to go up to 18-15.

Sindhu has come back to 15-17

It is a 3-point advantage now....17-14

The world junior champion now has a big lead of 17-13.

12-16 now

Sindhu trails 11-16.

One point for Sindhu...10-15

15-9 now

It is 14-9 now....time is running out for the Indian.

Yufei stretches her lead further to 13-9.

Yufei has an 11-8 advantage at half-time.

Looking confident...Yufei extends her lead to 10-8

But Yufei wrests back the momentum....9-7

It is 7-7

Sindhu has woken up! Has cut down the lead to 6-7 now

Yufei still maintains her three-point advantage at 7-4.

Sindhu now trails 3-6

The momentum goes back to the Chinese who leads 4-3.

Sindhu now takes three consecutive points to go up to 3-2

THIRD GAME

Yufei has opened up a 2-0 lead.

Chen Yufei takes the second game 21-19.

Yufei has a game point at 20-19

What a thrilling, competitive game this has been!

Still even at 19-19

18-18

It has become a tight affair now.....though Sindhu still leads 18-17

2 points on the trot for Sindhu...17-15

Back to 15-15....the Chinese is definitely not intimidated by Sindhu.

Some aggression from Sindhu to break away to lead 15-13.

Again a determined Yufei levels matters at 13-13

13-11 for Sindhu

She is still ahead at 12-11 despite some strong play from her opponent.

Sindhu takes a slim lead of 11-10 at the mid-game interval.

But Yufei has levelled it at 10-10

It is 10-8 for the Indian now.

Sindhu now leads 8-7.

But Sindhu needs to be careful for the World No. 13 is staging a comeback here....cuts down Sindhu's lead to trail 5-6.

3-point advantage now at 6-3.

It's still a 2-point advantage for the Indian at 4-2.

And she is now up 3-1.

SECOND GAME

The confident Sindhu builds a 2-0 lead.

PV Sindhu takes the first game, 21-18.

The Chinese is fighting back and has taken two points on the trot.....she now trails 17-19.