Srikanth Kidambi vs Kazumasa Sakai, Indonesia Open 2017 Final - As it happened

Live coverage of the Indonesia Open final featuring India's Srikanth Kidambi.

Updated: 18 June 2017 15:51 IST - Published: 18 June 2017 15:42 IST

Final score: 21-11, 21-19 win for Srikanth

SRIKANTH KIDAMBI IS THE INDONESIA OPEN CHAMPION!!!!!!!!!!

And he wins!!!!!!!!

Can he?

Match Point after netcord deflects the shuttle

Great angle, great attack from Sri....19-19

Wide from Sri...
Sakai is up 19-18

18-18

Sakai moved Sri around the court and it pays off...goes up 18-17

Smash from Sri and it is 17-17

Early returns from Sri and gets a point...16-17

Extends it to 17-15

Big smash to Sri's forehand wing by Sakai and he is up 16-15

Getting quite tense

15-15 now

Sri's shot is blocked by the top of the net....14-15

Sakai not giving up....14-14

It indeed helped the Indian to level matters at 13-13 and then take a 14-13 lead

Crowd is chanting, "Let's go, Srikanth, let's go!!"

12-13 now

Sri trailing 11-13 now

Some clarity of thought here from the former World No. 3..he comes back to 10-12

Sri has been way too passive in this game...the same problem that he had in Singapore.

Now one more point for Sri to close the gap to 8-12

But Sakai is still like a wall..12-7