Saina Nehwal vs Pornpawee Chochuwong Livescore and Commentary India Open Second Round

Saina Nehwal beats Pornpawee Chochuwong, 21-14, 21-12.

Updated: 30 March 2017 20:48 IST - Published: March, 30 2017 03:53 PM IST

Sindhu's match will begin shortly. You can follow the live updates here.

If PV Sindhu too wins her second round match, it will be a blockbuster Saina vs Sindhu quarter-final tomorrow!

But Saina doesn't waste time to wrap it up, 21-14, 21-12.

After a long rally, the point goes to the Thai.

She has now reached match points at 20-11.

She is now two points away from the match at 19-10

18-7 now for the 2015 champion

It is 17-6 now for the home hope

And she is running away with this game now....15-5

There's no stopping Saina Nehwal. She is now up 12-5

At the interval, Nehwal leads 11-5.

Saina looking very confident and totally in command. Up now at 9-5

The Thai is trying to make a comeback. Now trails 4-6

It is 6-3 now for Saina

But the Indian breaks away from the tie for a 4-2 lead.

Chochuwong levels matters soon enough, 2-2

Saina already has an early lead of 2-1 in GAME 2.

Saina takes the first game, 21-14.

Chochuwong saves one

Saina has SEVEN game points at 20-13

And another for 13-19

The Thai gets 1 point to make it 12-19

Can the young Thai make any comeback here?

It is 19-11 now for the former World No. 1

The sixth seed has raced ahead to 17-10

She is clearly in no mood to relent for she knows how talented her opponent is.

Saina has now built a six-point lead, up now at 14-8.

It is 13-6 for the former champion.

At half-time, Saina has cruised to an 11-6 advantage.

It is 8-5 now for Nehwal.

The rallies are getting longer and more gruelling. Saina is still in the lead at 6-4

Saina now takes three straight points to go up, 6-3

Remember she did give Saina a tough fight at the Malaysia Masters final where she lost 20-22, 20-22. Saina has to be careful.

And the Junior World Championships runner-up soon makes it 3-3

The former champion races ahead to 3-0

Saina has taken the first point.

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 7pm IST.

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

But before that, she has the talented teenager Pornpawee Chochuwong to deal with, who gave a tough fight to Saina in the Malaysia Masters final in January. Saina will hope not to repeat the same mistakes she did in that final that gave a chance to the young Thai to stretch the match.

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