World Badminton Championships 2017: Srikanth Kidambi vs Lucas Corvee, Live Score and updates: Srikanth wins 21-9, 21-17

Srikanth wins 21-9, 21-17

Updated: 23 August 2017 19:18 IST - Published: 23 August 2017 14:27 IST

And with that, we wrap up our liveblog for today. Do join us tomorrow for the Round 3 matches.

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Srikanth next faces the 14th seeded Anders Antonsen of Denmark for a place in the quarter-finals. That match will be on Thursday.

How efficiently Srikanth was able to turn his attack into defence in this match was what stood out. This definitely gave promising signs for the rest of his campaign.

FINAL SCORE: Srikanth wins 21-9, 21-17

The lift goes wide from the Frenchman and Srikanth WINS!!!!!

One error from Sri..20-17

MATCH POINTS FOR SRI AT 20-16

Sri drives the shuttle into the midcourt back at the Frenchman..it pays off....19-16

EXCELLENT PLAY BY SRIKANTH!!!!! Straight down-the-line winner by the Indian after scrambling back....18-15 now

Corvee undoes his great work by missing at the net...Sri goes up to 16-15

And it is 15-15 Wow!!

His persistence at the net is proving costly for Sri...Corvee has come back to 14-15

Egged on by his coaches, Corvee is showing some amazing attacking badminton....12-15

Sri fumbles at the net...15-10

15-9 currently

Sri targeted the line and just missed it...he is up 15-8

Very sloppy game from Corvee on resumption... he trails 7-13

It is 11-7 for the Indian at the interval

What a flick from the Indian..just effortlessly changed direction of the shuttle...10-7

But the unfazed Frenchman continues to try and is getting rewarded...his attack on the forecourt has taken him to 7-9

Srikanth's footwork and defence have been incredible...8-4

This is where Sri has started to assert himself...up now 7-3

4-3 lead for the Indian now...this looks pretty competitive as of now

But Corvee's good efforts are getting neutralized by his errors....2-2 it is

This time a big smash from the Indian..1-1

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