PV Sindhu vs Nozomi Okuhara Live Score and Commentary Singapore Open First Round

And that wraps up our liveblog. Hope you enjoyed it. Do join us for the live coverage of Sindhu's second round match tomorrow. Goodbye.

That was quite a slow start for Sindhu. But she found her form as the match progressed. Hope this competitive opener will stand her in good stead for the rest of the tournament.

Sindhu next faces the Indonesian Fitriani Fitriani, who is ranked 28th.

Final score: PV Sindhu wins 10-21, 21-15, 22-20

SINDHU WINS 22-20

Another match point for Sindhu at 21-20

20-20 now

Okuhara makes it 19-20 now

The Japanese saves yet another one

Okuhara saves one

FOUR MATCH POINTS for Sindhu at 20-16

Okuhara is closing the gap here......the deficit has been reduced to just 5 points now....14-19

19-11 now....2 points away from the win

18-11 now for Sindhu

17-10 now for Sindhu

It is an eight-point gap now.....Sindhu leads 16-8

Sindhu is slowly separating herself from Okuhara now...up 13-8

At half-time, Sindhu leads 11-8.

It is now 10-8 for Sindhu....the game is very tight and competitive at the moment.

Okuhara is trying to come back here...she now trails by just one point at 7-8.

Sindhu still has a 2-point advantage....she is now up 7-5

It is 5-3 for the World No. 2 now.

4-1 for Sindhu

Sindhu is now up 3-1.

THIRD GAME

Sindhu opens up a 1-0 advantage.

Sindhu clinches the second game, 21-15.

Okuhara saves another one.

Okuhara saves one.

Eight game points for Sindhu at 20-12

It is a big 18-10 lead for the Indian now

It is 17-7 now

It's all Sindhu now....she has raced ahead to 15-6 now.

At half-time, Sindhu leads 11-6

And the aggressive Sindhu has woken up!!!!!! She is up 10-6

Another point for the Indian and she is now up 8-6

Sindhu once again inches ahead to 7-6.

The Japanese has come storming back to make it 6-6.

Okuhara levelled it at 2-2 but Sindhu now inches ahead to 4-3.

SECOND GAME

Sindhu takes a 2-1 lead. Can she hold on to it?

Can we see a turnaround in the next game?

Okuhara has taken the first game 21-10 over the World No. 2.

It is 19-10 now for the World No. 10.

It is 17-8 for the Rio Olympic bronze medallist now.

Okuhara is steadily increasing the gap between herself and Sindhu....she is now up 15-8.

Okuhara leads 11-7 at the interval.

But Okuhara wins three of the next four points to build a 10-7 advantage.

It is 6-6 now....Sindhu is showing great fighting spirit here as expected!

Once more, Okuhara takes a couple of points to go up 5-3.

And it is all level at 3-3 now!

Sindhu took a point but Okuhara has wrested control again....she leads 3-1.