India Open 2023 LIVE: Satwik/Chirag pull out, Lakshya, Saina in action- Blog, Scores, Updates

Lakshya catches Gemke by surprise.

Gemke had no idea what happened as Lakshya lifted one on the body beyond the reach of Gemke. Gemke leads 17-15

5 points recovered and Lakshya Sen is making a comeback.

Lakshya is trailing by 13-15

Hattrick of points for Lakshya Sen and crowd is on their feet.

Sen with a brilliant smash and the noise is deafening now.

Another error on the net and Lakshya is creating a mountain for himself.

6 points gap and Gemke will be relived after taking 13-7 lead.

Lakshya has quite a bit of road to cover here in the deciding set.

Crowd cheers again.

Gemke is finding it tough to deal with the deafening noise made by crowd after every point of Lakshya Sen.

Lakshya pulling this back.

Crowd erupts again as Lakshya is making a comeback. He trails by 6-8.

This looks bad for the Indian.

Lakshya Sen looks tired at the moment and Gemke has an 8-1 lead.

Rasmus Gemke leads in the third game.

After beating Lakshya in second game, Gemke in driving seat with 3-1 lead.

Gemke leads 11-9 at the mid-game break.

Lakshya has been good but few unforced errors give the advantage to Rasmus Gemke.