Badminton World Tour Finals 2021, Day 2 LIVE - PV Sindhu reaches semifinals - Scores, Updates, Results, Blog
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After a decent start on Day 1, Indian shuttlers seem to have losing their mojo on Day 2. While women's doubles pair of t Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy loses 21-19, 22-20 in a close-fought competition against Bulgarian pair of Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva, former world no. 1 Kidambi Srikanth seems to be of no match against Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn. He lost 18-21, 21-7. The men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty pulls out from the competition with a niggle in the knee. PV Sindhu beats Whonne Li of Germany by 21-10, 21-13.
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Axelsen wins the match in straight games by 21-15 and 21-14. Lakshya Sen falls short despite giving his best in the second game.
Lakshya Sen trails by four points and misses one challenge as Axelsen storms to win the match.
Lakshya Sen giving a tough fight to the Danish superstar who leads 15-14
A neck-to-neck contest ensuing and Lakshya Sen seems quite determined to win this second game to stay afloat. He leads 12-11.
Lakshya Sen holds on to a one-point lead with an immaculate centre-court smash to make it 11-10 at interval.
It's all levelled at 6-6 in the second game. Lakshya has to win this game to stay alive in this match.
Axelsen rakes up six successive points and bag the game 21-15.
Some terrific cross-court action there by Axelsen who wins three successive points at 17-14.