PV Sindhu vs Minatsu Mitani, Live Badminton Score and Updates, Japan Open Super Series 2017 Round 1

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

Do join us tomorrow for the second round.

Till then, goodbye!

She next faces Nozomi Okuhara again!!!!!

What a blockbuster that would be!!

Final score: PV Sindhu wins 12-21, 21-15, 21-17 to enter the second round

And Sindhu finally does it!

21-17 to wrap up the deciding game

It's 20-17 as Mitani saves a fourth match point

And she saves a third one.

Mitani saves a second match point.

Mitani saves one

Match points galore at 20-13

19-12 now

Sindhu 2 points away from the win

18-10 now

Mitani making a last-minute try. Sindhu needs to be careful.

She leads 16-10

15-8

Sindhu aiming for the finish line

13-6 for Sindhu post interval.

11-4 at halftime.

Sindhu looks to have solved the Mitani puzzle!

9-4

Steadily Sindhu is increasing her distance from the World No. 19

5-3 advantage now

3-1 lead for the Indian

Decider

Sindhu up 2-1

And Sindhu levels the match by taking the second game, 21-15

Game points galore at 20-15

19-14 lead for Pusarla

17-14 now

Getting tense!

Still able to do just enough to keep the 4-point lead intact....she leads 16-12

It's 15-11 for the Indian

14-8 for the Indian

The pace of the match has slowed down considerably as the rallies are longer.

13-8 now for the Rio medallist

Sindhu leads 11-7 at halftime.

9-7 for the World No. 4

Has Sindhu weathered the storm?

Goes up to 8-6.

It's level!

6-6

5-4 for Mitani.

Sindhu not letting Mitani run away.

This game now looks more even.

Mitani has a slim lead of 4-3

2-2 it is very quickly

Can Sindhu bounce back?

Second game

2-0 for Sindhu

And she needs just one to convert!

Mitani takes the first game, 21-12.

Eight game points for Mitani

19-10

Mitani in firm control. Playing at home has clearly inspired her.

18-9

Is the game gone for Sindhu?

But Mitani pushes the accelerator here.

Up 16-8

Six-point gap continues with the Korea Open champion trailing 8-14

Sindhu is slowly and steadily making her mark but it is still a long, long way to go.

Trails 7-13

At the interval, Mitani is up 11-3

It's still a big lead built by the Japanese at 10-3

Sindhu gets her second point in this game to trail 2-9

9-1

Is Sindhu feeling the effects of winning the Korea Open?

8-1 for the home hope!

Domination.

Point to note is that Mitani has forever been an opponent Sindhu has struggled against.