Syed Modi International: PV Sindhu vs Fitriani Fitriani and Kidambi Srikanth vs Sai Praneeth Semi-finals Live Commentary and Match Updates

Live coverage of the 2017 Syed Modi International semis.

Updated: 28 January 2017 20:31 IST - Published: 28 January 2017 18:25 IST

That wraps up our live coverage of the Syed Modi International semis. Do join us tomorrow for the final. Goodbye!

Sai will face the eighth seeded Sameer Verma for the title on Sunday.

Sai Praneeth WINS, 15-21, 21-10, 21-17

And Sai has reached match points at 20-17.

And Sai has inched ahead to 19-17. Upset brewing?

It is still all level at 17-17. Some amazing shotmaking going on currently!

And Srikanth has evened the score at 15-15 just like the champion he is!

Finally, the defending champion looks to have woken up. Sri has reduced the gap to 10-13.

It is 11-6 for Sai Praneeth at the break.

Sai is now up 8-3.

It is 7-3 now for the ninth seed. If Sri doesn't make an effort here, the defence of his title will be over!

Game 3

At the moment, Sri has a lot of questions but no answers as Sai has gone up 4-1.

21-10 it is for Sai and the match is all square now.

And it is 20-10 now for the 9th seed.

Sai is now cruising at 19-10.

Sai is now up 15-8. Sri seems to have gone off the boil totally.

And at half-time, Sai has an 11-6 advantage! Wow! That's quite a turnaround!

It is 9-6 now for the lower seed.

How long can he hold on to this?

Sai is still in control and has built a 3-point lead now at 8-5.

Sri came back to level the game at 3-3 but since then Sai has once again wrested back the advantage at 5-3.

Game 2

Sai has a tiny lead in the second game and is now up 3-2.

And Srikanth converts. It is 21-15 for the third seed!

Srikanth has reached game points now at 20-15.

Srikanth stops the rot and makes it 19-14 now.