Srikanth Kidambi vs Jeon Hyeok Jin, Live Badminton Score and Updates, Denmark Open Super Series 2017 Second Round

Srikanth defeated Jeon 21-13, 8-21, 21-18 to enter the quarter-finals.

Updated: 20 October 2017 01:15 IST - Published: October, 19 2017 12:58 AM IST

Saina Nehwal is the only Indian still left to play tonight. The former champion was supposed to take the court right after this match. But her match has now been shifted due to lights going out on Court 3.

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Wow! That was SOME match! It had everything....three-game drama, interruption. But Srikanth managed to keep himself cool after being outplayed in the middle game to take the win in 3.

Srikanth joins HS Prannoy in the quarter-finals!

Final score: Srikanth def Jeon 21-13, 8-21, 21-18

SRIKANTH TAKES IT 21-18

Sri finally halts his march and goes up to match points...20-18

It is just a ONE-POINT lead for the Indian now...19-18

Jeon trails by only TWO POINTS now....17-19

Sri now leads 19-16

Sri's lead has been cut down to just four points now as Jeon has come back to 15-19

Jeon is 14-19 behind now

Jeon is still fighting hard...trails 13-19

Srikanth is 19-12 ahead now

18-11....within sniffing distance of victory

17-10 now....just four points away from the win!!!!!!

16-9 for the World No. 8 now

Sri has a 15-7 advantage now

Jeon is trying to make a comeback here...gets two points on the trot to trail 6-14

Sri adds three quick points after the break to lead 14-4

Srikanth is up 11-4 at the mid-game interval

Jeon gets a couple of points and makes it 4-10

Srikanth leads 10-2 now

8-1 now...what a strong display by the Indian!

7-1

It's 6-1 for the Indian

Srikanth has raced to a 4-1 lead in the decider

The match has resumed FINALLY!!!!

The lights have gone out in the stadium. Match will resume shortly. Stay tuned!

Again, some problem in the stadium. Stay tuned!

THIRD GAME

1-0 to Jeon

Jeon just outplayed Srikanth in the second game. He takes it 21-8

Jeon two points away from wrapping up the second game...19-8

Clearly, the interruption in between the two games affected him.

7-18 now

This is getting fast out of Srikanth's grip...he is trailing 7-17

It's still the same after the break...Jeon is comfortably placed at 13-6

And Jeon is up 11-6 at half-time

Sri grabbed a couple of points but Jeon is still ahead at 10-6

The points are quick and fast!

And he is racing ahead while Sri has fallen behind. Jeon up 9-3

Jeon jumps to 5-3...can he keep putting pressure on Sri?

SECOND GAME

The Korean takes a slender 3-2 lead

Play has resumed.

Play was stopped for more than 10 minutes..the reason is unknown.

There's been some problem in the stadium. Stay tuned!

SRIKANTH BAGS THE FIRST GAME 21-13

SEVEN GAME POINTS for Sri...20-13

19-12 for Sri

And he is racing to the finish line in the first game...18-11

Srikanth has extended his lead 16-11....looking very determined and confident

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