As it happened - PV Sindhu vs Tai Tzu Ying, Australian Open 2017 Quarter-finals

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Irrespective of the result, it has been a valiant effort from Sindhu, considering Tai's recent dominance on the BWF Tour.

That error from Sindhu after receiving her only match point will continue to haunt....she played one of her best matches vs Tai, yet lost

With some stupendous finesse and deception, the World No. 1 comes back from the brink to win, 10-21, 22-20, 21-16

Tai wins!!!!

Sindhu saves one match point...16-20

20-15..FIVE MATCH POINTS

It's all Tai now as she has got into her groove....19-15

18-15

Can Sindhu come back?

And she build on it 17-15

Tai makes her way forward...16-15

And 15-15....very little to separate the two....it is a question of who wants it more now!

It's a tense situation now...who will be able to hold her nerves till the end?

The rallies are getting longer and more competitive and so far Tai has had the upper hand in them....14-14

It is 14-11.....Sindhu still has it going her way

Remember it was 13-10 for Sindhu in the second game until Tai came storming back to snatch the lead? Sindhu has to be careful this time!

It's 13-10 for Sindhu

12-9 now

Sindhu takes an 11-9 lead at half-time

It continues to be close and gritty...Sindhu 10-9

9-9

Sindhu finally gets a point...9-8

Without any surprise, we are swiftly back to 8-8

And now it's just a solitary point lead for Sindhu as Tai grabs 3 consecutive points

It's NOT OVER and Sindhu cannot be complacent! Tai has surged back to 6-8

8-4...the gap is of four points now!

And 7-4 for the Indian. Is Tai feeling the heat now?

And she makes it 6-4

It's a TWO-POINT ADVANTAGE for Sindhu now...4-2

Tai gets her first point...1-2

And the Indian goes up further...2-0

THIRD GAME

Sindhu takes the first point 1-0

Tai cashes in on her second chance....Sindhu's drop goes long and Tai takes the second game, 22-20

Sindhu's shot goes WIDE....20-20

Tai finds the net....match point for Sindhu at 20-19

19-19

Sindhu forces an error off Tai...leads 19-18

And Sindhu makes it 18-18

Sindhu has found some of her fire back....17-18 now

The trick shots at the net are back and so is Tai BACK! Looking more and more confident now as she increases her lead to 18-14

16-13

And she adds another....Tai up 15-13

Four-points in a row for the top seed to go up to 14-13

And it is all level at 13-13

Sindhu made it 13-10 but two errors cost her 2 points...13-12 now

After the break, Tai has closed the gap to 10-12....will there be a fightback?

And PV Sindhu brings out her fiery aggression to snatch the lead right as they headed to the break....11-8 for the Indian!

8-8

Tai inches ahead to 8-7

As it happened - PV Sindhu vs Tai Tzu Ying, Australian Open 2017 Quarter-finals

PV Sindhu lost to the World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying, 21-10, 20-22, 16-21.