Syed Modi International: PV Sindhu vs Gregoria Mariska Final Live Commentary and Match Updates

Sindhu WINS 21-13, 21-14

Mariska takes a point to reduce the gap to 14-20.

She has reached match points now at 20-13.

Sindhu is inching towards victory now. It is 15-7 now.

At the half-time, Sindhu is up 11-5.

The top is now at a 10-5 advantage.

Game 2

In the second game, PV Sindhu is already up, 6-3.

It is 21-13 to Sindhu now.

Sindhu has now accelerated to 19-12. Can she close this out now?

She is now up, 12-5.

The top seed is now cruising and is up 10-4.

Top seed PV Sindhu has now taken the court against the unseeded Indonesian Gregoria Mariska and is up 4-1.

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Ladies and gentlemen, Sameer Verma is the men's singles champion at the 2017 Syed Modi International.

Sameer Verma WINS, 21-19, 21-16.

Sai has saved 2 match points to reduce the deficit to 16-20.

Sameer has rocketed to match points now. Up 20-14.

It is pretty close now, 15-14 to Sameer.

And Sai is not giving up yet. He too takes the next 2 points to make it 13-13.

Sameer is totally in control of this now. Verma up 13-11.

And it is 11-11.

Sameer is thoroughly dominating the proceedings after the break. He has taken 5 points in a row to close in on 10-11.

It is 11-5 for Sai at half-time.

Sai has now accelerated to 9-5.

Sameer takes another point to reduce the gap to 5-6.

Sameer once again trying to prevent Sai from running away., It is currently 6-4 for Sai.

Just like the first game, Sai has once again leaped to 5-2.

Game 2

Sai has a mini lead of 2-1 in the initial stages.

Wow! What a turnaround that was!!!!!!

And Sameer takes the first game, 21-19!

And he now even has a game point!!!

And Sameer makes a huge comeback to level things at 19-19.

And it is 19-16.

Exceptional defence from both and it is Sai, who takes a crucial point to have an 18-16 advantage.

And he takes yet another! It is 17-16 now

And the eighth seed takes another point. It is 17-15 for Sai.

The 3-point gap still remains. A confident Sai up 17-14.

And he is fighting back now! Sameer takes 3 points to make it 13-16.

It is 15-10 for Sai now.

Can the Hong Kong Open runner-up make a comeback?

The ninth seed is now cruising at 14-6.

It has been such a smooth game from Sai so far. He leads 11-5 at the mid-game interval.

The ninth seed seems to have picked up from where he left yesterday when he upset Srikanth.

Sai is now up, 7-3.

Sameer is finally on the board at 1-4.

And it is a blazing start for Sai, who is up 4-0.

Good afternoon and welcome to the Sportskeeda liveblog of the 2017 Syed Modi International men's singles final. In an all-Indian summit clash, the eighth seed Sameer Verma faces the ninth seed B Sai Praneeth. Both of them have been giant-killers at this tournament. While Sameer shocked the second seed Hans-Kristian Vittinghus, Sai ousted the third seed and defending champion Kidambi Srikanth.