Tokyo Olympics: Badminton LIVE Day 1, July 24 - Satwik-Chirag start with a massive win, Sai loses - Updates, scores, results, blog
Satwik Chirag puts pressure!
What a nail-biter this is turning out to be! Satwik-Chirag stays in hot pursuit, comes up 18-19! Good Lord!
Chinese Taipei snatches back the lead - they are 2 points away from clinching the match!
Satwik's powerful smash brings back the service to the Indians as they are just 2 points behind the Chinese Taipei pair at 16-18.
Full power in the final game!
Back to service for Satwik-Chirag. They lag behind at 15-17.
What a high octane clash this is!
The Indians are keeping a close tab on the Chinese Taipei pair as they have won back service.
However, they fail to hold on to it as Chinese Taipei leads 17-14.
Time to push things to the next gear, Satwik-Chirag
Things are getting quite noisy here at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza as the Chinese Taipei pairs assume the lead here.
A match of incredibly close margins!
Satwik-Chirag steals back service but Chinese Taipei breaks back to take a 13-11 lead.
Satwik-Chirag to make a final dash for the match now
Once again, it is Chinese Taipei who takes the mini-game lead at 11-10.
However, things are VERY close in this final game - it could be anybody's day as all the players are simply fantastic here!
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