Badminton Live Score — All England Open 2021 LIVE Updates: PV Sindhu reaches All England semi-finals, beats Akane Yamaguchi in three games

Sindhu 16-21, 21-16, 13-9 Yamaguchi

My, my! That's Sindhu at her best! That's the Sindhu that won the World Championship in 2019! What a rally, what an effort!

Sindhu 16-21, 21-16, 11-9 Yamaguchi

That's some composure shown by Sindhu, she has a slender advantage at the breather but still has to be wary about Yamaguchi.

Sindhu 16-21, 21-16, 6-6 Yamaguchi

It's smash after smash, lob after lob, drop shots after drop shots. It's intense out there and both the players are feeling it. 

Sindhu 16-21, 21-16, 5-5 Yamaguchi

This is as tight as they come!

Not an inch of space here for errors as both Sindhu and Yamaguchi are displaying some world class badminton! You are missing this match if you are not watching it live, but then again, we are here to bring all the action to you.

Sindhu 16-21, 21-16, 3-3 Yamaguchi

And Sindhu is fighting back! A couple of good points to level it at 2-2 and then again another brilliant cross-court slice to make it 3-3!

Yamaguchi almost thought that had got out and made a wrong challenge.

Sindhu 16-21, 21-16, 0-2 Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi has begun the third game with venom! 

Sindhu 16-21, 21-16 Yamaguchi

And decider it is! One game apiece.

Sindhu takes the second game after mostly dominating the proceedings, what a reply to the first game loss! Match on!

Sindhu 16-21, 16-10 Yamaguchi

Sindhu needs five more points to wrap up this game and force a decider. Good thing for her, the longer the rallies go on, the more weary Yamaguchi looks.

Sindhu 16-21, 14-8 Yamaguchi

There are only two words to describe Sindhu's performance in this game — completely domination!

Sindhu 16-21, 11-6 Yamaguchi

This time, Sindhu has a five-point lead going into the breather! Her attacking game has certainly caught Yamaguchi by surprise.