World Badminton Championships 2017: PV Sindhu vs Cheung Ngan Yi, Live Score and Updates: Sindhu wins 19-21, 23-21, 21-17

Sindhu wins, 19-21, 23-21, 21-17

Updated: 24 August 2017 20:39 IST - Published: 24 August 2017 19:06 IST

The 2015 runner-up Saina Nehwal will be in action soon. Her match is scheduled to begin around 9.30pm IST approx.

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Sindhu will next face the fifth seed Sun Yu for a place in the semi-finals.

It will be another tough task.

It took the two-time World Championships bronze medallist 1 hour 27 minutes to grind out the win!

But this survival will definitely stand her in good stead for it will get only steeper from here!

WHAT A MATCH AND WHAT A COMEBACK FROM SINDHU THAT WAS!!!!!
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The World No. 4 was TWO POINTS away from defeat

But she SURVIVED!

It was indeed the survival of the fittest!

Final score: Sindhu wins, 19-21, 23-21, 21-17

AND SINDHU WINS!!!!!!!

21-17

Will she come back again?

Cheung SAVES A SECOND MATCH POINT!!!!!

17-20

Cheung SAVES ONE MATCH POINT

16-20

FIVE MATCH POINTS FOR SINDHU

20-15

It is 19-15 for Sindhu

18-15 now

three-point lead for the Indian

Sindhu is in no mood to give her space anymore.

Slams shut her chances for a 17-14 lead

16-14 for the Rio medallist

And for the umpteenth time, Cheung is coming back...now trails 14-15

15-13 for the Indian

15-12 now

can she hold on to this now?

And another for a 14-12 lead

Sindhu had been way too erratic in the last few points but now she takes one to go up 13-12

12-12

12-11

just ONE-POINT lead for Sindhu

It's getting tight AGAIN!!

Sindhu now leads 12-10

12-8 for Sindhu now

8-11

suddenly there's been a shift in momentum