Swiss Open 2022 LIVE - Day 3 - Srikanth wins a thriller - Updates, Results, Scores, Blog

He has done it. Srikanth manages to pull a win from the jaws of a defeat. He lost the first game 13-21 without a fight. He saved a couple of match points in the second to take force the game into the decider before absolutely demolishing the Popov in that final game.

Srikanth wins 13-21, 25-23, 21-11 in a contest that lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes.

Srikanth is slowly starting to assert his domination in this match, which has now spanned over an hour. He leads 11-8 at the change of sides in the decider. This is a massive advantage to have.

Can he convert it though?

Srikanth wins a very hard-fought second game to push this match into a decider. He saved a couple of match points before pocketing it at 25-23.

Kidambi Srikanth goes into the second midgame break with a slender 11-10 lead. Can he push this into a decider?

Srikanth surrenders the first game 13-21 in 17 minutes. A lot to ponder about for the Indian in the short break. He was completely outplayed here by the Frenchman.

Kidambi Srikanth is off to a terrible start in his match against Christo Popov of France. The Indian trails 9-4.

Big, big upset at the St.Jaokbshalle arena as the World number 23 pair from Indonesia defeat the World Number 7 duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty 21-19, 22-20 in just 40 minutes.

Satwik-Chirag go into the midgame break with a slender 11-10 lead after a brilliant fightback from the Indonesians. 

An early lead for Satwik-Chirag in the second game. They are 6-2 ahead.

That was brilliant fightback from the Indians but they eventually fall short and surrender the first game 19-21 in 17 minutes. They need to play out of their skins now.