15:10 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
15:08 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
What a great day for the Verma family! If the brothers win their respective semi-finals, they can meet each other in the final.
15:06 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
Zwiebler tried his best to curb Sourabh's confidence but the Indian was unstoppable. With a superb display of attacking shots and a calm head, the Indian dashed all hopes of Zwiebler as he upset the third seed for a 21-15, 16-21, 21-15 win. The match lasted 51 minutes.
14:48 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
And it is the German who now heads to the interval with an 11-10 lead.
14:47 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
But Zwiebler once more has got a second wind and has levelled the scores at 10-10.
14:45 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
The initial stages of the third game appear to be in Sourabh's control who now leads 9-6.
14:37 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
Varma could not do much. This is every bit Zwiebler's game! The German forces a decider by taking the second game, 21-16
14:36 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
Varma is trying hard to fight back. With some resilient show, he has managed to make it quite close at 16-18.
14:34 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
*16-13
14:34 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
The roles have reversed! The German is now on a run of six straight points as he rushes to 16-10. Sourabh looks stunned at the moment. Can we see a decider?
14:32 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
Sourabh went ahead to 13-10 with some superb shotmaking. But he needs to be careful here. Zwiebler has reduced the deficit to 12-13.
14:29 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
The Indian is playing some aggressive badminton that helped him to get to 10-8. Even though the German closed the gap to 9-10, Varma still managed to lead 11-9 at the mid-game interval.
14:27 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
After maintaining the two-point lead at 7-5, Varma extends it further by soaring to 9-6.
14:23 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
Sourabh has started the second game on a grand note by jumping to a 5-3 lead. Can the experienced Zwiebler force a comeback in this match?
14:18 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
And it doesn't take long for Varma to clinch the opener, 21-15.
14:17 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
Zwiebler is trying to make a comeback but the confident Varma dashes all his hopes as he is now two points away from grabbing the opener at 19-14.
14:16 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
Varma is currently in the driver's seat as he has built up a huge lead of 16-12.
14:13 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
After the break, it's all square as the two are locked at 12-12 now.
14:10 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
Varma has taken a lead for the first time in this match as he surges to 9-8. He then adds another point to his kitty to march to 10-8 before ending the first half of the game at 11-10.
14:06 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
Verma levels the game with some strong display of attacking badminton, 5-5.
14:06 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
The early exchanges are hard-fought and it is Zwiebler who has a slender lead of 4-3.
13:57 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
The match will begin in a few minutes.
13:53 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
The two have never met before and this could be a pretty interesting showdown. Varma has come to this tournament on the back of winning the Chinese Taipei Masters last month.
13:50 (GMT)4 NOV 2016
Good evening, friends. We return once again with live scores and commentary from the Bitburger Open quarter-finals. Elder brother Sourabh Varma is looking to join younger brother Sameer in the semi-finals as he takes on the third seed Marc Zwiebler in today's quarter-final match.
That's all, folks! Thank you for joining us. We shall be back with live updates of the semi-finals tomorrow.,