PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao, Live Badminton score and updates, Korea Open Super Series 2017 Semifinal

That wraps up our Korea Open blog for today. Hope you enjoyed it.

Do join us for the live coverage of the final on Sunday.

Till then, good bye.

And it is a REPEAT OF THE 2017 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL!!!!!!

Nozomi Okuhara has defeated her compatriot - the second seeded Akane Yamaguchi, 21-17, 21-18 in the other semi-final.

Wow! What a match we have on Sunday!

This is the first time Sindhu has reached the Korea Open final.

Sindhu wins 21-10, 17-21, 21-16

Wow! What a lucky net cord for the win!

Bingjiao goes WIDE!

FOUR MATCH POINTS FOR SINDHU!!!!!

19-16 now

Perfect combination of power and control.....19-15

18-15 now

Straight at Bingjiao's body.....18-14

Again Bingjiao goes long! Sindhu up 17-14

What a great spinning shot at the net from the Chinese! She now trails 14-16

Can she steadily keep on building on her points and take the match away from Bingjiao?

16-12 for Sindhu now

Bingjiao finds her shot blocked by the net....trails 12-14

And the difference is of only one point now!!!! Sindhu barely leads 13-12

13-11 as Bingjiao wins a challenge with her shot landing on the baseline

12-10...the difference is still of two points

At the half-time, Sindhu leads 11-9

Sindhu forces Bingjiao to send the shuttle wide and it is a scream from the Indian! 10-9

Great control at the net...and the Chinese makes it 9-9

Bingjiao is showing her repertoire of shots.......8-9

Another error from the Chinese and Sindhu is up 9-6

Bingjiao's shot is blocked by the net and Pusarla is up 8-6

The southpaw now moving Sindhu to every part of the court...she trails 6-7

7-4 now for Sindhu as the Chinese sends the shuttle out

That was a 41-shot rally!!!!!!

What defence from both but the rally ends in Sindhu error.....the fifth seed leads 5-4

Again Sindhu putting pressure on the backhand corner of the Chinese...goes up 5-3

3-3

3-2 at the moment for the Indian

THIRD GAME

Can Sindhu make amends?

She starts with a 2-1 lead

WOW! WHAT A TURNAROUND THAT WAS FROM BINGJIAO!

She was nowhere in that game but she still managed to make a match out of this!!

And Bingjiao takes the second game 21-17

Disguise comes to Sindhu's rescue....17-20

Four game points for Bingjiao...20-16

Sindhu continues to miss...16-19

And Bingjiao is up 18-16

But her lack of sharpness is paying the price....after setting up the rally beautifully, she is struggling to finish..Sindhu trails 16-17

Sindhu pushes forward and once more she comes out on top...16-16

For the first time in this game, Bingjiao has a tiny 16-15 lead

Wow!

And Bingjiao's efforts have paid off..it is 15-15 now

Once more body smash is helping Sindhu...she is up 15-12

14-12 now for the Indian

Burst of speed from Sindhu but she misses the sideline....that gave the Chinese to come back to 12-13

13-10 it is for Sindhu as the Indian trying her best to take back the momentum

10-12 now..just 2 points difference

Wow! this looks far from over all of a sudden!

Bingjiao is making some move here...9-12

Bingjiao is trying her best to close the gap....7-11

It's a big 11-6 lead at the interval for the Indian fifth seed