Indonesia Open LIVE - Day 3 - Sai Praneeth enters quarters, Srikanth knocked out - Updates, Results, Scores, Blog
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We are almost halfway through the Indonesia Open 2021, and five Indians - PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Sai Praneeth, Satwik-Chirag are still in contention for a podium finish at the super 1000 event.
While all the singles shuttlers have made it to the round of 16 with convincing victories, Satwik-Chirag will play their first match of the event today after securing a walkover in the previous round. With all the remaining five Indians in action, how many will advance to the quarterfinals?
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That's all we have for the day from the Indian side at the Indonesia Open 2021 today. 3 wins in four matches and we will be back with the quarterfinals clash of PV Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag and Sai Praneeth tomorrow.
Until then, thanks for joining in. If you are up for some more sporting action you can click here for our ISL Live Blog and here for India's Junior Hockey World Cup clash against Canada.
That's the end of Kidambi Srikanth's campaign at the Indonesia Open 2021. He went down 14-21, 18-21 to Viktor Axelsen in 37 minutes.
The Indian was far from his best in the opening back and that surely hurt him here.
A long rally but Srikanth misses out at the end. 2 point advantage at 19-17 for Axelsen.
Kidambi Srikanth is not willing to let this go, neither is Axelsen. The Dane leads 16-15. Can Srikanth push this into a decider?
Viktor Axelsen snatches back the lead post the break. 13-12 in the favour of the Danish star.
Sai Praneeth, what a champion! Clinches a victory from jaws of defeat and moves to the quarterfinals. He won 21-17, 14-21, 21-19 in 1 hour and 23 minutes.
This is some comeback from Kidambi Srikanth. He has looked much better than the first game and leads 11-8 at the mid-game break!
6 off the last 7 points goes in his favour, and Kidambi Srikanth takes a 10-8 lead. WOW!
Srikanth is slowly fighting back. From 5-0 down, he has bought the deficit to 7-8. Good stuff from the Indian.