Indonesia Masters 2021 LIVE - Sai Praneeth in action - Scores, Results, Updates, Live Blog
Great, great stuff from Kidambi Srikanth here!
Kidambi Srikanth looks to be in fine form to play such draining matches and has booked his place in the next round!
Great going for India at the Indonesia Masters!!
What a marathon this was but Kidambi Srikanth prevails and wins!!!
Kidambi Srikanth battles in a 1 hour 15 minutes thriller and finally manages to win against Christo Popov, 21-18, 15-21, 21-16!
Srikanth is edging close to winning this match now - he leads 19-15!
Such a physically draining match this as it's well over 74 minutes now - but the finish line is looming extremely near and Srikanth is making a dash for it!
Kidambi Srikanth gets the mid-game break and is going full throttle here!
Srikanth rallies away to keep the lead at 12-7 and is displaying a lot of impressive shots!
Kidambi keeps the lead but Popov is hot on the pursuit here!
Srikanth commands the lead in the decider at 9-6 and is covering the court really well, even at this stage of the match that has crossed the one hour mark!
Into the decider, Srikanth is firing away here!
Kidambi Srikanth gets off to a strong start in the deciding game as he fires away winners to lead 6-2!
And Popov gets the game and forces the match into a decider!
Srikanth tries his best but Popov has the momentum and he gets the game, 21-15 to take this match into a decider. Let's hope for the best now and keep our nerves steady!
The pressure is ON Kidambi now!
Popov is inching closer to getting this game as he leads 19-14 here and is attacking with smashes.
Srikanth needs to step in NOW to stop this match from going into a decider.
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