Thailand Open 2018, Women's Singles, Round 2: PV Sindhu vs Yip Pui Yin, Live Match Updates

PV Sindhu def Yip Pui Yin: 21-16, 21-14

Updated: 12 July 2018 18:16 IST - Published: 12 July 2018 15:42 IST

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The second seed Indian faced only little trouble as she cruised to a comfortable victory over Hong Kong's Yip Pui Yin without dropping any games.

Match Score: PV Sindhu def Yip Pui Yin: 21-16, 21-14.

And it's all over as Sindhu wraps up the second game 21-19!

Yin tries to script a comeback, taking two quick points.
Score: 14-19!

19-14, Sindhu edge closer to winning the match.

The Indian not keen to stretch the match beyond the second game as she races towards winning the game.
Score: 18-12, Sindhu leads.

Yin showing good progress in the second game as Sindhu struggles to have her way. The Hong Kong shuttler step up her game to make it 11-13.

Smashed!
Sindhu hits a blistering smash right through the middle of the court as Yip Pui Yin fails to even reach it. The second-seed once again looking to extend her lead.
Score: 11-7

It's building up to be an intense battle in game 2 as the Hong Kong shuttler is looking resilient in this game.
Score: 7-9, Sindhu leads.

Sindhu with a strong reply to re-establish her lead. Strong character shown by the Indian as she steer clear four points.
Score: 8-4

No mistakes this time as Yip Pui Yin pulls back three successive points to make it even-stevens at 4-4.

The Indian establishes her dominion early into the second game, leading 3-1.

It's time for game 2!!
Sindhu starts off the proceedings.

Yip Pui Yin put up little fight as P.V Sindhu cruises to the first game and seals it with comfortable ease.
Score: 21-16

And game point for Sindhu!
Score: 20-16

The Hong Kong shuttler takes 3 points on the trot to reduce the deficit to four.
Score: 16-20!

A cheeky drop shot from Sindhu leaves a clueless Yip Pui Yin in despair as she has now a mountain to climb.

Sindhu lead: 18-11

The Indian stretches her lead to a whopping 8 points as she looks to seal a comfortable game 1.
Score: 16-8

Yip Pui Yin is struggling to keep up with Sindhu's pace as she tries hard to overcome the deficit.
Sindhu lead 11-5

The Indian has extended her lead to 5 points.
Score 10-5

Second seed PV Sindhu has made a strong start but the shuttler from Hong Kong not letting her guards down easily.
Sindhu lead 5-3.

And we are underway with the live action!

Hello and Welcome to Sportskeeda's LIVE coverage of the Thailand Open 2018. Next up in Women's singles is: PV Sindhu vs Yip Pui Yin

Indian shuttlers have had a dismal outing today at the Thailand Open. Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa lost 11-21, 16-21 to the Japanese pairing of Yuki Kaneko and Mayu Matsumoto earlier in the day. After this, HS Prannoy was stunned by Indonesian shuttler Sony Dwi Kuncoro.

Will PV Sindhu bring about a change in fortune and delight Indian fans?

The 2nd seeded Sindhu will certainly be the favourite as she goes up against Hong Kong's Yip Pui Yin in the Round of 16 match. The 23-year-old has won all three of their previous three encounters.

After comfortably brushing aside the challenge of Bulgarian player Linda Zetchiri and defeating her 21-8, 21-15 in straight games in the Round 1 fixture, Sindhu is expected to defeat Yip Pui in similar fashion.

Will Sindhu win and qualify for the quarters or will Yip Pui pull out something exceptional from her kitty and upset the ace Indian. Who is your money on?