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Syed Modi International 2018 Badminton Live: Sameer Verma vs Zhou Zeqi, Live score & Updates | 23rd November 2018

Verma def Zeqi 21-18, 16-21, 21-11 to enter the semi-finals.
Updated: 23 November 2018 19:28 IST - Published: November, 23 2018 06:14 PM IST
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And with that, Sameer keeps his hopes of qualifying for the BWF World Tour Finals alive!
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Verma def Zeqi 21-18, 16-21, 21-11 to enter the semi-finals.
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And Sameer adds three points in a row to get the win!
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18-11 to Sameer
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It;s 16-11 to Verma now as he inches to a win here
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And he is up 14-10 now
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Now Sameer is playing like the champion he is!

He is up 13-9
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It's 11-9 to Sameer now at the time of the mid-game interval.
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Sameer breaks away from the tie to go up to 10-8
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It's back to being a competitive game...7-7
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He is up 6-4 now
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Verma wrests away the lead at 5-4
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Verma takes two points and now trails 2-3
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Zeqi opens up a 2-0 lead in the decider
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And the Chinese makes his effort count!

He takes the second game 21-16

We have a decider!
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Again the lead has gone back to the Chinese, who is now 18-16 ahead
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Sameer inches ahead to 16-15
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It's 15-15 now
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And Sameer makes it all level at 14-14
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Even though Verma is slowly making his way back into this game, he still trails by two points at 12-14
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It's 13-10 to Zeqi after the break!
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And he adds two more points to take an 11-7 lead at the time of the mid-game interval.
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Zeqi still manages to maintain his lead even though Sameer is fighting back!

The Chinese is up 9-7
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Once more the Chinese finds his aggressive strokes to nudge ahead by three points!

He is up 7-4
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And Sameer fights back like a true champion!

4-4
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Zeqi makes a fast start to Game 2 and leads 3-1

Shall we have a decider or can Sameer come back?
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It's 21-18 to Sameer!

He takes the first game
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And Sameer has now advanced to game points!

20-18
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It's 18-18
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AND ZHOU HAS DRAWN LEVEL...HIS PERSISTENCE HAS PAID OFF!!!!


17-17
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The gap continues to be of two points as Verma leads 17-15
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Zhou is trying to make a comeback over here as he takes two points!

Trails 14-16
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Sameer goes up further now to 16-12
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Tremendous fightback by the Chinese...his aggressive show brings him four points on the trot and he now trails Sameer by just one point....11-12
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It's 11-7 for Verma at the mid-game break
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It's 10-6 for Sameer now....looks very much in control now
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It's 8-5 to Verma now
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The Chinese is trying his best to come back and now trails 4-6
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It's a strong start for Sameer....he is up 5-1
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And it is 3-0
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Sameer takes a 2-0 lead in Game 1

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