PV Sindhu vs Saena Kawakami Livescore and Commentary India Open Second Round

And with that, our live coverage of the India Open second round comes to an end. Hope you enjoyed it. Do join us tomorrow for the quarter-final coverage. Good night!

We simply cannot wait for that BIG, BIG match! India's two shuttle queens meeting at home....it can't get better than that!

And that means we have the BLOCKBUSTER SAINA NEHWAL vs PV SINDHU quarter-final tomorrow!!!!! What a match that will be, folks!!

Sindhu WINS 21-16, 23-21

She could not close it out thanks to a surging Kawakami. Now she has another match point at 22-21.

Sindhu has reached match point at 20-19

Sindhu is inching closer to victory but Kawakami is still breathing down her neck. Sindhu up 19-18

It is 16-16 now..can Sindhu break away from here?

15-14 for Kawakami....the game has slowed down.

It is 14-13 for Kawakami. She is clearly testing Sindhu's defense.

The Japanese still has the advantage at 13-12.

At half-time, Kawakami leads 11-10.

It is 9-9

Again the lower-ranked player goes up, 9-8

Sindhu makes it 8-8.

Now Kawakami making her mark. She has snatched the lead to go ahead to 8-6.

It is a tight, tight battle now.

Sindhu inches ahead to 5-4.

And the Japanese makes it 4-4 in no time!

But Kawakami is fighting hard here to not let Sindhu run away with this game. She trails 3-4 now.

SECOND GAME

Sindhu takes the first point for 1-0.

And Sindhu takes the opener, 21-16.

Sindhu has FOUR games points now at 20-16.

The Japanese takes 2 points on the trot to reduce the deficit to 15-19.

And she takes three of the next four points to go up to 19-13.

Sindhu is widening the gap between herself and Kawakami. It is 16-12 for the Indian.

After the break, Sindhu is maintaining her mini lead. 13-11 now.

At the interval, Sindhu is up 11-10.

Sindhu inches ahead for the first time to 10-9

And it is 9-9.

They are engaged in a fierce, neck and neck competition...8-8

Sindhu once again fought back like a champion! It is 6-6.

Kawakami is playing fast-paced badminton and Sindhu is struggling a bit now. It is 5-3 for the Japanese.

But she responds fast. It is 2-2.

It is a slow start for Sindhu. She now trails Kawakami 0-2.

And we are under way!

Saina has won her second round match. And that means if Sindhu too wins her match, there will a blockbuster all-Indian quarter-final tomorrow.

The match will begin shortly.

India Open 2017: Preview and schedule of Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu's second round matches

The match is scheduled at 7.45pm IST

Good evening and welcome to the Sportskeeda liveblog of the India Open second round match of PV Sindhu. The third seed is looking to set up a blockbuster quarter-final clash with her compatriot and sixth seed Saina Nehwal.

But before that, she has the talented teenager Saena Kawakami to deal with. The 19-year-old reached the finals of the US Open and the Chinese Taipei Masters last year, so Sindhu cannot afford to take her lightly.

This is their first meeting.

PV Sindhu vs Saena Kawakami Livescore and Commentary India Open Second Round

PV Sindhu beats Saena Kawakami 21-16, 23-21.