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

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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

Prannoy sends the shuttle out.

Sri leads 14-13

Sri tried to change the direction but sends the shuttle long

13-13

Scream from Prannoy.

They are locked at 12-12

And Prannoy misses the sideline.

Srikanth up 11-10 at the break.

Magnificent crosscourt smash from Srikanth! It had the crowd roaring!

10-10

But Prannoy shakes it off and surges to 10-8

In an urgency to win, Prannoy dumps the shuttle on the net.

Srikanth back to 8-8

Superb placement by Srikanth.

The top seed trails 5-8

What a crosscourt smash by Prannoy!

He is ahead, 8-3

He is looking extremely determined and confident while Srikanth is peppering the court with a few errors.

Prannoy has gone up to 5-3

What a fast backhand from Srikanth.

He trails 2-3

Second game

Prannoy up 2-0

21-15 to Prannoy.

He is one game up.

What a net dribble! Prannoy wins it!

Game points at 20-14

The shuttle touched the tape and landed on Srikanth's side.

Prannoy leads 19-13

18-13 for Prannoy

Another error from Srikanth.

Prannoy up 17-13

What a smash by the second seed!!!!!

Prannoy leads 16-13

Great placement on the backline from Prannoy.

He is up 15-13

Prannoy extends his lead to 14-12

Srikanth erred during the net dribble.

Prannoy up 13-12

Prannoy had made a great start after the break and he now leads 12-11

It is Srikanth who leads 11-10 thanks to a brilliant backhand at the net.

A rare error from the top seed and they back to level at 10-10