Srikanth Kidambi vs Shubham Prajapati, Live Badminton Score and Updates, Senior National Badminton Championships 2017 Quarterfinal

Srikanth def Prajapati, 21-17, 23-21 to enter the semi-finals.

Updated: 06 November 2017 20:39 IST - Published: 06 November 2017 18:58 IST

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And with that, the tournament's top two seeds - Sindhu, Saina, Srikanth and Prannoy have all progressed into the semi-finals.

WOW! WHAT A FINISH THAT WAS!!!!!

Prajapati gave his all and nearly took one game away from the World No. 2. But Srikanth showed exactly why he has won FOUR Superseries titles this year! It is his ability to remain calm under pressure and grind out wins in close matches that has given him so much success this year. And he displayed that amply today at the National Championships!

Final score: Srikanth def Prajapati, 21-17, 23-21 to enter the semi-finals.

And Srikanth takes two quick points to clinch the win!

23-21

And Srikanth saves it too!

21-21

Second game point for Prajapati...21-20

And Srikanth saves it!

20-20

Prajapati has a game point!

19-19 is the score now...who will take the next point?

This is reminiscent of Srikanth's tough French Open semi-final against Prannoy.

18-18....tense times!

And the French Open champion has levelled!

17-17

Will Srikanth finish in two games?

Prajapati now has a solitary point advantage....17-16

Prajapati is still very much in the driver's seat...16-13

Srikanth has reduced the deficit to two points....trails 12-14

Prajapati has a FOUR-POINT LEAD OVER SRIKANTH!!!!!!

13-9

At half-time, it is Prajapati, who leads 11-9.

But Prajapati won't let him have it easily. He again bags a couple of points to regain the lead...10-8 to Prajapati

And the top seed snatches the lead. 8-7

To nobody's surprise, the game is all even at 7-7 now!

And the top seed continues his comeback...he trails by just one point now...5-6

And now Srikanth is coming back, slowly and steadily!

3-5 he trails

Prajapati leads the World No. 2, 5-1

And 4-1

Wow! Some determination there!

And Prajapati makes it 3-1

SECOND GAME

Prajapati opens up a 2-1 lead

And yes he does! This time Srikanth does not falter. He bags the opener, 21-17

Once again Srikanth leads 19-17....can he hold on to it this time?

And his efforts have paid off! He has levelled it at 17-17

No surprise that Prajapati has once again come back to 16-17

This is a game of cat-and-mouse chase!

Srikanth goes up and Prajapati comes back!

Srikanth once again breaks away to lead 16-13

Once more the determined Prajapati is breathing down on Srikanth's neck....13-14 he trails.

Srikanth halts his comeback and grabs 2 points to advance to 14-11

And Prajapati trails by just ONE POINT now....11-12

2-point gap again as Srikanth leads 12-10

Prajapati is going nowhere! He is still grinding it out.

8-11 he trails.

It's 11-7 for the top seed at halftime.

Prajapati took another point to close the gap but Srikanth has inched ahead to 10-7

Now Srikanth inches ahead to 9-6

It's still a two-point gap at 8-6

From 4-5 down, Srikanth takes the next three points to make it 7-5.

Next two points shared as well! 4-4!

It's a tense start in the initial few points as both shuttlers trade blows. 3-3 after six points!

The players are on court and we are ready for the start!

World No. 2 and top seed in the men's singles draw at the Senior Badminton National Championships, Srikanth Kidambi will play his second match of the day in order to seal a spot in the final four of the competition. He will be up against Shubham Prajapati, who is the eighth seed.

Srikanth had an easy outing in his earlier match, as he recorded a routine victory over youngster Aryaman Tandon. After a slightly slow start, the six-time Super Series title winner picked up the pace and took the first game 21-14. The second game saw Srikanth take the match comfortably, as it finished 21-13.

Prajapati comes into the match off the back of a two-game win over Bodhit Joshi, where he took the first game narrowly at 21-19, before winning the second 21-16.

Stay tuned as we bring to you the latest updates from the match!