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: 23 November 2018 18:14 IST

And with that, Sameer keeps his hopes of qualifying for the BWF World Tour Finals alive!

Verma def Zeqi 21-18, 16-21, 21-11 to enter the semi-finals.

And Sameer adds three points in a row to get the win!

18-11 to Sameer

It;s 16-11 to Verma now as he inches to a win here

And he is up 14-10 now

Now Sameer is playing like the champion he is!

He is up 13-9

It's 11-9 to Sameer now at the time of the mid-game interval.

Sameer breaks away from the tie to go up to 10-8

It's back to being a competitive game...7-7

He is up 6-4 now

Verma wrests away the lead at 5-4

Verma takes two points and now trails 2-3

Zeqi opens up a 2-0 lead in the decider

And the Chinese makes his effort count!

He takes the second game 21-16

We have a decider!

Again the lead has gone back to the Chinese, who is now 18-16 ahead

Sameer inches ahead to 16-15

It's 15-15 now

And Sameer makes it all level at 14-14

Even though Verma is slowly making his way back into this game, he still trails by two points at 12-14

It's 13-10 to Zeqi after the break!

And he adds two more points to take an 11-7 lead at the time of the mid-game interval.

Zeqi still manages to maintain his lead even though Sameer is fighting back!

The Chinese is up 9-7

Once more the Chinese finds his aggressive strokes to nudge ahead by three points!

He is up 7-4

And Sameer fights back like a true champion!

4-4

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

Shall we have a decider or can Sameer come back?

It's 21-18 to Sameer!

He takes the first game

And Sameer has now advanced to game points!

20-18

It's 18-18

AND ZHOU HAS DRAWN LEVEL...HIS PERSISTENCE HAS PAID OFF!!!!

17-17

The gap continues to be of two points as Verma leads 17-15

Zhou is trying to make a comeback over here as he takes two points!

Trails 14-16

Sameer goes up further now to 16-12

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

It's 11-7 for Verma at the mid-game break

It's 10-6 for Sameer now....looks very much in control now

It's 8-5 to Verma now

The Chinese is trying his best to come back and now trails 4-6

It's a strong start for Sameer....he is up 5-1

And it is 3-0

Sameer takes a 2-0 lead in Game 1