Swiss Open 2018, Semi-finals: Sameer Verma vs Kantaphon Wangcharoen, Live Match Updates

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Wangcharoen played brilliantly in the second game but he lost his way in the third as Sameer raised his level.

Sameer will face the winner of the other semi-final between Lucas Corvee and Jan O Jorgensen.

This is his first BWF final since winning the Syed Modi International title more than a year ago in January, 2017.

SAMEER ENTERS THE FINAL OF THE SWISS OPEN!!!!!!!

As Wangcharoen pushes the return wide, SAMEER WINS!!!!

21-14, 11-21, 21-12 in 1 hour 15 minutes

EIGHT MATCH POINTS FOR VERMA

20-12

What a lob from Verma! In total control!

19-12

18-12 to Sameer

Now it's the Thai's turn to get frustrated and he pushes a smash wide!

17-12 to the Indian

Fabulous drop shot from Sameer!

16-12

Can he keep it up?

Body smash at the Thai and he couldn't control the shot

Verma up 15-12

Sameer lost a bit of patience in the end of a long rally and concedes a vital point.

14-12

A crosscourt smash from Verma to go up to 14-11

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE 56-SHOT RALLY!

Verma dived twice, yet got up and won the point!

13-10

12-10 to Sameer on resumption

Sameer looks pumped as he goes into the mid-game interval with an 11-10 lead.

And he evens the score!

10-10

And the game has suddenly become highly competitive again!

The Thai now trails 9-10

WHAT A CROSSCOURT JUMP SMASH FROM SAMEER!

10-7

And the Thai too has lost his sharpness as he keeps on pushing the shuttle wide

Sameer up 9-7

Verma has regained some of the momentum and is up 8-5

And Wangcharoen has come back into this!

A lot more aggression, coupled with Verma errors has helped him to trail by just one point now

5-6

A surprising smash error from Verma!

6-3

Sameer drew the Thai to the net and pushed the shuttle to the back for a point.

6-2

It's 4-2 to the Indian and the Thai is being treated for a minor injury

They are very much exchanging body blows!

It's 3-2 to Sameer

It's 2-1 to Verma at the start of Game 3

The Verma camp must be really, really worried right now.

Sameer looked very much clueless in the latter half of the second game.

Wangcharoen gets the second game 21-11

Nine game points for the Thai!

20-11

It's 18-11 in favour of the Thai

The spark has gone missing in Sameer

Wangcharoen gets point after point as Verma's errors keep on mounting!

And errors are coming fast and furious from his racquet!

10-15

Verma is lacking in confidence...his body language isn't very good at the moment

Everything is going the Thai's way now!

14-9

But Wangcharoen gets the very next point!

12-9

Verma wins the longest rally of the match!

54 shots!

9-11

Wangcharoen is looking very, very confident right now!

Goes into the mid-game interval with an 11-8 lead

Sameer has lost a bit of momentum and is getting frustrated at Wangcharoen's excellent defence

The Thai goes up to 10-8

And Wangcharoen's persistence has paid off!

He has evened the score at 8-8

WHAT A RALLY!

Sameer slipped near the net and the Thai gets the point with a beautiful finish down the middle

Sameer still up 7-6

The Indian is right now at 6-4

Body smash from the Thai!

3-5

Beautiful down the line shot right into the corner!

Verma up 5-2

Some terrific rallies already in this game!

The Thai made a mistake with the lift as the shuttle could not float over the net

Sameer up 3-2

The Thai is hitting back with aggressive shots of his own!

We are quickly all level at 2-2

It's 2-0 to the Indian

GAME 2

Sameer starts the second game with a lot of aggression and gets the first point with a body smash!

And Sameer outsmarted the Thai at the net with a little help from the netchord!

It's 21-14 to the Indian

Now a down-the-line smash from the Thai!

14-20