Final score of PV Sindhu's win: 21-9, 29-27
FINALLY SINDHU IS SIXTH TIME LUCKY!!!! She takes the second game, 29-27
Sindhu now has SIXTH match point for 28-27
.....before Sindhu saves it for 27-27
And now Yin has a game point to lead 27-26
And Yin once more saves it for 26-26
Sindhu now has a 5th match point to lead 26-25.
No doubt Yin has saved it YET AGAIN for 25-25
Is THIS the time?
Sindhu has a 4th match point at 25-24.
Never in doubt! Yin saves that for 24-24.
Will she be third time lucky?
Sindhu's third match point comes at 24-23.
Aaaand, yes, you guessed that right! Yin saves it for 23-23.
Sindhu has a match point again for 23-22.
And the roles have reversed! Yin saves it for 22-22
This time, Sindhu has a match point, 22-21.
Once more, the Indian dashes her hopes to make it 21-21..oh what DRAMA!
Now Yin has a second game point for a 21-20 lead.
And Yin takes the point to lead 20-19 before Sindhu saves the game point to level again at 20-20.
It will either be game point or match point now. Who will take this point?
And the Indian is BACK in the game, 19-19
And repeats it to make it a one-point deficit now, 18-19.
She takes one point to reduce the deficit to 17-19.
Suddenly, the game is slipping away from Sindhu's grip and she trails 16-19.
Yip keeps up the pressure and maintaining her slight lead, 17-16.
Sindhu trailed 13-15 but has now made it all square in the second game 15-15.
The rallies are getting longer and Sindhu's defense will be tested here. She needs to be careful and cannot be complacent. Yin now leads, 14-13.
And they continue in the same fashion, tied at 13-13.
Yin is doing a very good job, post-interval. She has now levelled this game, 12-12.
But the Indian, brimming with confidence, knows very well where to accelerate. She takes an 11-9 lead at the interval.
Yin really is trying hard and her hard work is indeed paying off. She has made it just a one-point gap as she trails Sindhu, 9-10.
The Hong Kong shuttler is trying her best to reduce the gap and has closed in to 5-8. How long can she provide resistance?
The Indian is once more looking to take a commanding lead in the second game as well. She jumps out to 4-1.
That was SOME domination from the Indian shuttler!
Sindhu takes the first game, 21-9
And she has reached game point very quickly, 20-9
This is absolutely a one-way traffic as Sindhu is into her groove now. On resumption, the Indian is totally dominating the proceedings and has jumped to 19-8..which means she has taken 8 out of the last 9 points now!!!!
And now Sindhu is playing like the Olympic medallist that she really is! From 8-7, she takes three consecutive points to take a lead of 11-7 at the mid-game interval.
Sindhu has now taken a slender lead as well, 8-7.
After going down 3-6, the Indian is trying to make her aggressive game bring her back into the game. And her efforts are successful as she levels at 6-6.
But Yin is starting to make her mark now and has taken four straight points to lead 5-2.
The match has begun and the early exchanges are hard-fought. Currently, they are locked at 2-2.
This should be an easy one for the Indian.
Good afternoon and welcome to the liveblog of PV Sindhu's first round match at the French Open Superseries. the World No. 8 faces the 34th ranked Yip Pui Yin for a place in Round 2. Sindhu leads the head-to-head meeting, 1-0 and here is the preview of the match.
That was SOME DRAMA towards the end! That's it from us, folks. Thanks for joining us. We shall be live once again tomorrow with PV Sindhu's second round match.