Srikanth Kidambi vs Subhankar Dey, Live Badminton Score and Updates, Denmark Open Super Series 2017 First Round

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That was a superb start for Srikanth. And Dey can be proud of the effort that he gave against a top-10 player. He made it very close in both the games.

Final score: Srikanth def Dey 21-17, 21-15

And Sri takes it, 21-15

FIVE MATCH POINTS FOR SRIKANTH....20-15

19-13 now for the India No. 1

18-11.....Srikanth is just three points away from the win

It's 17-10 now

Srikanth has a commanding lead of 16-8

It is 15-8 now

It is 15-6 now for Srikanth....looking unstoppable!

It is 11-5 after the break as Dey takes 3 points

At the interval, Srikanth is up 11-2

It's all Sri currently...10-2 it is for the World No. 8

Dey looks have become subdued in this game.....he trails 2-9 now

It's a SIX-POINT LEAD for Srikanth as he is up 8-2

5-2 it is for the India No. 1.

Again, much like the first game, Srikanth extends his lead to 4-1

Can Dey show some of that fighting spirit in this game too?

SECOND GAME

Srikanth inches ahead to 2-1

Srikanth stops his comeback and bags the opening game 21-17

And 17-19...Dey isn't giving up at all

The determined Dey keeps coming back! 16-18 he trails

Srikanth is careful not to let him back in...he leads 18-15

Dey is closing the gap once again....he trails 15-17

The difference continues to be of three points as Srikanth leads 16-13.

And it is 15-12 for the World No. 8.

Srikanth is fast out of the blocks after the break....He adds FOUR points to lead 14-12....clearly making his intentions clear.

At the mid-game interval, it is Dey, who leads 11-10

It is level at 10-10

Wow! Surprising turn of events! Dey takes three points on the trot to LEAD 10-9

Dey is fighting hard but Sri is always an inch ahead....9-7 he leads

It's 8-5 for the India No. 1

Srikanth adds a couple of points to go up to 7-3

Dey gets a couple of points to reduce the gap to 3-5.

And Srikanth asserts his supremacy soon enough. He races to 4-1.

It's 1-1

The match is finally about to start!

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Good afternoon and welcome to the Sportskeeda liveblog of the Denmark Open 2017 first round. The India No. 1 Srikanth Kidambi faces Indian qualifier Subhankar Dey for a second round berth.

This is a relatively easy opener for the Australian Open and Indonesia Open champion. Dey is ranked 74th, 66 places below the World No. 8 Srikanth and the two never met before. Dey won two rounds of qualifying in three games to reach this stage. Even though he has been improving fast of late, this is a tough match for Subhankar.

Srikanth will be eager to get back to winning ways after two back-to-back quarter-final appearances at the World Championships and the Japan Open Superseries. Considering he won two consecutive Superseries events before that, more was definitely expected from the Guntur-born ace shuttler.

He would like to get off to a good start in Denmark and get a lot of confidence before a possible quarter-final meeting with the World No. 1 and reigning world champion Viktor Axelsen.

Srikanth Kidambi vs Subhankar Dey, Live Badminton Score and Updates, Denmark Open Super Series 2017 First Round

Srikanth defeated Dey 21-17, 21-15 to enter the second round.