Sameer Verma vs Anders Antonsen Live Score and Commentary India Open Quarter-finals

Anders Antonsen beats Sameer Verma, 24-22, 21-19.

Updated: 31 March 2017 20:09 IST - Published: 31 March 2017 19:05 IST

That wraps up our live coverage of the India Open quarter-finals. Hope you enjoyed it. Do join us tomorrow for the live coverage of the semi-finals. Goodnight!

And with that, PV Sindhu remains the last Indian standing at the 2017 India Open Superseries. She will look to reach the final when she faces the second seed Sung Ji Hyun in the semi-finals tomorrow. She earlier outlasted the former champion Saina Nehwal in a gruelling two-game encounter today.

That was a great effort from the younger Verma brother despite the disappointing result in the end. This should set up the Hong Kong Open Superseries runner-up for even bigger things!

Antonsen doesn't waste time. He takes the next two points to dash Sameer's hopes for a 24-22, 21-19 win.

It is 19-19....tight, tight contest!

Now Antonsen has inched ahead to 19-18

Antonsen has once again stormed back to 18-18.

Despite a fightback from the teenager, Sameer has still managed to be ahead at 18-16.

And Sameer has widened the gap between him and Antonsen. He is up 17-13.

It is 14-12 now for Verma. Can he hold on to it and force a decider?

Anders takes 2 points on the trot to go up to 11-10 at the mid-game interval.

It is 10-9 now for Verma

It is a slender 9-8 advantage for the Indian now.

Sameer's still in the lead at 8-6.

After all he did beat the fourth seed Son Wan Ho and the World No. 15 Hu Yun en route to the quarters.

Once again, Sameer is showing his fighting skills. He has now taken 4 points in a row to inch ahead to 6-5.

Sameer got one point back but the Dane has cruised to 5-2 now.

Second game

Antonsen takes a 3-1 lead quickly.

And Antonsen converts! The Dane takes the first game 24-22.

Sameer saves it but Anders has yet another game point at 23-22.

Now Antonsen has a game point at 22-21

And once again, Antonsen saves it for 20-20

Sameer has a game point at 20-19.

But it is 19-19 once more

The rallies have become longer and far more competitive now. Sameer still has the edge at 19-18.

Antonsen has come up storming back to level matters at 17-17

The Syed Modi International champion is still up 17-15

Sameer has gone up 14-12 after the break after seeing his big lead vanishing.

And he is up 11-8 at the interval wow!

That makes it 4 consecutive points for the Indian!

Now Sameer is very much in command. He has raced ahead to 10-8.

Anders jumped to 8-6 but Sameer is not letting him run away with. Now he trails 7-8.

Verma is fighting back here and has made it 6-7 Wow!

The young Dane is looking strong at the moment and he leads 6-3.

He is currently trailing the World No. 26 Anders Antonsen 2-4.

Can Sameer Verma make it 2 Indians in the semi-finals of the India Open?

This match is scheduled right after the blockbuster Saina Nehwal vs PV Sindhu quarter-final. So, there's still some time to go for it.

Good afternoon and welcome to the Sportskeeda live blog of the India Open Superseries where Sameer Verma is the only Indian to reach the men's singles quarter-finals. The World No. 38 has been in impeccable form and upset the fourth seed Son Wan Ho in the first round.

He is looking to continue his great run at home after winning the Syed Modi International title in January. He has the talented World No. 26 Anders Antonsen to deal with in this quarter-final match.