As it happened - Saina Nehwal vs Sun Yu, Australian Open 2017 Quarter-finals

With Saina and Sindhu's losses, Srikanth Kidambi now remains the only Indian at the Australian Open 2017.

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Goodbye!

Final score: 21-17, 10-21, 21-17 win for Sun Yu

This is her first victory over Saina at Australia in four meetings.

What a rally to finish the match! Sun gets it 21-17

17-20

Saina gets one point...16-20

Huge attacking smash to end a rally. Sun up 19-15

Match points for Sun

Huge attacking smash to end a rally. Sun up 19-15

And she goes out again! Intense rally it was! Sun up 18-15

Pressure building?

Saina goes wide by a whisker! Down 15-17

Now Sun on a roll.....16-15

More injection of pace and aggression from Sun....15-15

Wide goes the shuttle from Saina...15-14

Great finish at the net after Sun nearly stumbles....Saina up 15-13

14-12 after Sun's shot again goes out

Sun's shot sails long...13-12

Sun staging a fightback here....she is now trailing 11-12

It is back to 12-12

12-9 now

11-9 for Saina at halftime

Long rally, great movement from Saina and she gets the point at the net....10-9

It is back to 9-9

Smile from Saina after her challenge is successful.... 8-9

Saina gets back a point with a smash...7-9

And 9-6 it is for the Chinese...Saina somehow is a little subdued now

Sun extends her lead to 8-6...change in momentum this is!

It is Sun who takes a slender lead of 7-6

6-6 now....the pace of the match has slowed down as both trying to force an error off the other.

Now Saina is breaking away from the tie...it is 6-4 for the Indian

A long rally goes to Saina...5-4

4-4

4-3 now for the Indian...pretty close

Now Saina takes a couple of points to lead 3-2

2-2

But it is Sun, who takes two points to lead 2-1

THIRD GAME

1st point goes to Saina...1-0

Sun's shots lands wide....second game goes to Saina, 21-10

Game points galore....20-10

2 points away from levelling the match...19-10

18-10

Saina up 17-10

Great judgement from Saina to leave Sun's shot and it lands long....16-10

The gap has been decreased to just 5 points.....15-10

15-9 currently

High intensity rally and it ends as Saina could not put the shuttle over the net....13-8

Sun struggling in long rallies....5-12