Srikanth Kidambi vs Sai Praneeth Live Score and Commentary Singapore Open Final

If anything, the real winner in this match was Indian badminton.

And that wraps up our live coverage of the Singapore Open final. Hope you enjoyed it. Goodbye.

What a moment for Sai...he has been a World Junior Championships bronze medallist in 2010....finally the breakthrough happens for him.

This is his maiden Superseries title.

Final score: 17-21, 21-17, 21-12

SAI PRANEETH IS THE CHAMPION

EIGHT MATCH POINTS FOR SAI....20-12

It's 18-12 now for Sai

Sai is slowing inching towards the title now....17-11

16-10 now for Sai

Sri trails by 7 points at 8-15 as his game has collapsed..can he still stage a comeback?

Sai is controlling the proceedings now....up 13-7

At half-time, Sai leads 11-5

10-4

10-3

9-3 now

Big jump smash from Sai...7-3 up

Sai in the lead now....5-2

And it's 2-2 in no time

THIRD GAME

Sri opens up a 2-1 lead

Sai takes the second game, 21-17

Service error for Sri...3 game points for Sai

19-17 for Sai now

A great Sai lob followed by a Sri error and it's 19-15 for Sai

Super finish at the net...Sai up 17-15

It's now Sai who has a 2-point lead for the first time....16-14

Tight battle... 14-14

Fantastic anticipation and defending from both...12-12

At the interval, Sai leads 11-10

Sai finds the baseline... 10-10

Sai even took a 9-8 lead only to see Sri coming back for 9-9

Jump smashes from both and it is 8-8

Deft touches at the net from Sai and he now levels at 7-7

The lead has been cut down to 4-7 now

Sai does get a couple of points to trail 3-7

Time running out for Sai

Srikanth has raced ahead to 6-1 now.

SECOND GAME

It's all Srikanth at the moment....he opens up a 2-0 lead.

Sri comes up with a lovely flick to see the shuttle landing just on the baseline. Srikanth takes the first game 21-17.

Amazing angles from Sai to outmanoeuvre Sri....he trails 17-20

Sai saves one to trail 16-20

5 game points for Sri

Sri's down-the-line shots are lethal right now..19-14

Superb angles from Srikanth to stave off the Sai challenge... Up now 17-14

But Sai is finally fighting back here. Brilliant smashes to get 3 points on the trot...he trails 14-15

Sri up 15-11

FIVE-point advantage for Srikanth at 14-9

Smooth and effortless, Sri is cruising at 13-7

Currently, he is looking poised to win this....Sai struggling a bit in the face of the Srikanth onslaught or is it nerves in his first Superseries final? It could be both.

Srikanth takes an 11-7 lead at the mid-game interval

Some excellent aggressive play and jump smashes from Sri....he is now separating himself further...up 9-6

Srikanth Kidambi vs Sai Praneeth Live Score and Commentary Singapore Open Final

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