Saina Nehwal vs Nitchaon Jindapol, Live score and commentary, Indonesia Open SS 2017 Round of 16

Let us hope that PV Sindhu brings some cheer back to the Indian women's contingent.

That was quite a disappointing second half of the third game from the three-time champion Saina Nehwal. She struggled to read the Thai's game time and again and gave away the last few points quickly.

Saina LOSES the match, 15-21, 21-6, 16-21

And she SAVES a second match point...16-20

Saina SAVES one match point

Can Saina stage a fightback?

And she has SIX MATCH POINTS

It's all Jindapol now...she is up 19-14 now

And it is 18-14 for the Thai now

Saina continues to struggle with Jindapol's deception...she now trails 14-17

And she is building on the lead....16-14

This is tight and it is tough to pick a winner

The pendulum has again swung in the direction of the Thai...she leads 15-14

Nehwal goes ahead now...13-12

Nehwal evens the scoreline at 11-11

At the break, Jindapol has a slim lead of 11-10

Jindapol leading 10-8

Saina is fighting back but she still trails 8-9

Great flexibility and superb touch at the net from the Thai...she leads 8-5

Some display from Jindapol this is after the second game setback

But she loses the next three points to trail 4-6

Saina takes a slender lead of 4-3

Still even at 2-2

THIRD GAME

Evenly poised at 1-1

Saina takes the second game 21-6

14 GAME POINTS for Saina.....20-6

Saina now leads 19-6

Jindapol trying to vary the directions of her shots and gets a point with a great backhand volley....6-17

It's all Saina now....16-4

Jindapol seems to have checked out of this game.

Strong and determined, Nehwal now builds up a 13-4 advantage

At the break, Saina has a healthy lead of 11-4

Saina has surged to 10-4

Saina goes up to 9-4

The pace of the match has slowed down quite a bit

Long rallies are the order of the day now...it's 8-4 for the Indian

Jindapol seems to have hurt her toe in that rally

After a long rally, Saina makes it 8-2

7-2 now....Saina looking thoroughly in control

Saina quickly goes up to 5-1...such a positive body language from the Indian now

It's 3-0 now....much better approach from Nehwal

SECOND GAME

She makes a bright start to go up to 2-0

Can we see a turnaround from the former champion in the second game?

And the first game goes to Jindapol, 21-15

Jindapol has SIX game points!

This is slipping fast from the Indian's hands now....she trails 14-19

A determined Jindapol makes a strong fightback....she goes up 16-14

The former champion takes the lead for the first time....Saina leads 14-13

AND SHE IS BACK!!!!! 13-13

11-13 now