India Open, Day 4 LIVE: Satwik-Chirag eye semi-final berth — Blog, Scores, Results, Updates
Body smashes from HS Prannoy in the Lakshya Sen match!
Into Game 2 here, Lakshya Sen is stepping ahead again and takes the lead at 4-3 but he better be careful of Prannoy, who looks super pumped!
Back to Sindhu - Chaliha is being pushed to every corner of the court!
Into Game 2 of the PV Sindhu-Ashmita Chaliha clash, Sindhu is using the full advantage of her wingspan to make Chaliha do some extra work and she looks like she is up for it!
Sindhu leads 5-3!
Lakshya Sen's return finds the net - Prannoy wins the first game!
HS Prannoy comes from behind to tame Lakshya Sen in the opening game - Sen will have to switch things over here.
Prannoy wins Game 1 in 21-14!
Prannoy with the momentum now!
Sen makes a few costly errors and the veteran Prannoy capitalises all too well - Prannoy leads 20-14!
Just 11 minutes for the 2-time Olympic medallist, please!
PV Sindhu finishes that first game with a classic cross-court smash with a 21-7 scoreboard! What a queen!
Ashmita needs to step up here!
It's beautiful to see what Lakshya Sen can do at the net!
Sen and Prannoy are playing incredibly close to the net and it's a thing of beauty to watch.
Prannoy keeps up well with the youngster and takes the lead at 14-13 in Game 1! Come on!
Back to the PV Sindhu match - Sindhu has gone up in the mid-game interval!
Sindhu looks very unruffled here although Chaliha is impressing with her shots but some of her returns are falling too long - Sindhu leads 12-7!
What a comeback from Prannoy here - Lakshya better buck up!
. @PRANNOYHSPRI takes the midgame advantage!
Score: 10-11#YonexSunriseIndiaOpen2022#IndiaKaregaSmash#Badminton pic.twitter.com/45c9OACNNy— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) January 14, 2022
Meanwhile, HS Prannoy is giving some heat of his own to Lakshya Sen!
Prannoy is getting into the party and levels up with Lakshya Sen at 8 ALL first.
But Sen is moving all too well and retrieving shots from crazy angles - it is 10 ALL!
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