Saina Nehwal vs Anura Prabhudesai, Live Badminton Score and Updates, Senior National Badminton Championships 2017 Semi-finals

Nehwal def Prabhudesai 21-11, 21-10 to enter the final.

Updated: 07 November 2017 16:35 IST - Published: 07 November 2017 16:02 IST

That was a great performance from the two-time champion.

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Final score: Nehwal def Prabhudesai 21-11, 21-10 to enter the final.

This time Saina gets the win by sending the shuttle to the corner.

21-10 it is

But Saina sends the shuttle long.

20-10

Match points for Saina

A weak reply to an overhead smash by Anura.

She now trails 9-19

Totally in control of the proceedings now.

Saina leads 17-9

What a great touch by Saina...just lets the shuttle float to the other side.

She is now ahead 14-8

A few easy points for Anura, who now trails 8-11

Saina has an 11-5 advantage at the break.

What a sharp crosscourt smash from Saina!!!!!

The 2nd seed inches ahead to 10-5

Bad judgement from Anura. Saina's shot lands on the backline and she is up 7-4

With schoolchildren screaming and shouting for Saina, she goes up to 6-4

Wow! What deception by Saina. She leads 5-3

Crosscourt smash by Anura to make it 3-3

Superb placement by Saina to advance to 3-1

Second game

Saina is up 2-0

Saina takes the first game, 21-11 with a crosscourt drop.

Anura finds a good smash that lands on the backline.

11-20

A superb drop from Saina to reach game points at 20-10

19-10 for the two-time champion

And now she is rocketing to the finish line. It's 16-10 now

It's a four-point gap now with Nehwal leading 14-10

But her good work is undone by errors. They send Saina up to 14-8

Anura makes a spirited start after the break and trails 8-11

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