Srikanth Kidambi vs HS Prannoy, Live Badminton Score and Updates, Senior National Badminton Championships 2017 Final

Prannoy def Srikanth, 21-15, 16-21, 21-7 in the final

Updated: 08 November 2017 16:15 IST - Published: 08 November 2017 15:10 IST

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As for Srikanth, he fought hard for two games but had nothing left in the tank in the decider. It could be because of his recent winning spree in October. Srikanth came into this tournament right after winning titles at the Denmark Open and the French Open. All he needs now is rest so that he can get ready for the China Open that is scheduled next week.

This is Prannoy's first Senior National Championships title. He admitted that he told himself not to become impatient and that helped him to beat Srikanth and win the title.

Final score: Prannoy def Srikanth, 21-15, 16-21, 21-7 in the final

Srikanth fumbles at the net.

Prannoy takes it 21-7

Match points for Prannoy at 20-6

19-6 is the lead

Srikanth is blocked by the net again.

Prannoy soars to 18-6

What a beautiful finish at the net by Prannoy.

17-6 is the lead

Srikanth finds an angular drop.

5-16

Prannoy has a huge lead of 16-4 at the moment.

Srikanth diving a lot but unable to retrieve the shots. The body language does not look good right now.

No stopping Prannoy at the moment.

He inches ahead to 13-3

Srikanth puts the shuttle wide.

Prannoy leads 11-3 at the half-time.

2 points on the trot for Srikanth

He trails 3-9

Srikanth struggling to contain the aggressive Prannoy.

The latter leads 9-1

The best rally of the match!!!!!!

Both gave their all and it ends on a wonderful winner into the corner by Prannoy.

He leads 6-1

Srikanth is very erroneous right now.

Prannoy goes up to 5-1

He extends his lead to 4-1

Third game

Prannoy opens up a 2-1 lead

Srikanth wraps up the second game, 21-16

Game point for Srikanth

Prannoy is very much lacking in sharpness.

Sri up 19-15

Prannoy continues to send the shuttle long.

He trails 14-17

16-14 to Srikanth now

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