11:12 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
11:11 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
PV SINDHU IS INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS!!!!!
11:11 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
And PV Sindhu HAS WON!!! She wraps up the second game, 21-14
11:09 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
It's Sindhu's defense that is shining now. Ching continues to put her under pressure in gritty rallies but is unable to break her spirit. Sindhu is up 19-14
11:06 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
Sindhu has pushed the accelerator button here. The Indian has now raced to 15-12
11:04 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
Ching's persistence pays off. She has levelled the game 12-12
11:02 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
The Taipei player has made a good comeback to get within one point of Sindhu as she now trails 10-11
11:01 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
At the mid-game interval, the Indian leads 11-7.
10:59 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
Rallies continue to be hard-fought but Sindhu comes out on top. Oozing confidence, the Rio Olympic silver medallist now has gone up 10-7 from 9-6.
10:56 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
Sindhu widens the gap between them by jumping to 7-4
10:55 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
Ching, however, has come back to make this a competitive game. From 0-3 down, she has now made it 3-4.
10:53 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
GAME 2
Sindhu continues her superb domination and has built a quick 3-0 lead.
10:49 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
And Sindhu takes the next four points in a row to seal the first game, 21-10.
10:49 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
It's a seven-point advantage now for the Indian. Sindhu is up 17-10 as the game currently looks completely one-sided.
10:47 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
This is superb display of controlled aggression from the 21-year-old Indian who has soared to 16-8.
10:46 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
Sindhu is firmly in control at the moment and is up 14-8
10:44 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
At the interval, the Indian has surged to an 11-7 lead.
10:43 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
The rallies are getting longer but Sindhu is still in the lead at 9-6
10:41 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
Ching took a slender lead of 5-4 following which the China Open champion accelerates to go up 8-5 with a run of four straight points.
10:39 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
But like she has done many times in the past, the Indian has come back to level for 4-4
10:38 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
PV Sindhu is in a bit of a bother here as her opponent has opened up a 4-1 lead.
10:33 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
Earlier in the day, Saina Nehwal secured a hard-fought win to make her way into the quarter-finals.
10:30 (GMT)24 NOV 2016
Good afternoon and welcome to the Sportskeeda liveblog of the Hong Kong Open second round. India's PV Sindhu, the newly-crowned China Open champion, seeks a quarter-final berth as she takes on the 28th ranked Chinese Taipei shuttler Hsu Ya Ching.
Final score: 21-10, 21-14