Tokyo Olympics: Badminton LIVE Day 5, July 28 - PV Sindhu and Sai Praneeth headline action - Updates, scores, results, blog
While Sai Praneeth will hope to bring his Tokyo journey to a winning close, PV Sindhu will look to stay in cruise control and head into the pre-quarters.
Welcome to The Bridge's LIVE blog for Badminton on Day 5 of the Tokyo Olympics.
With Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty's tough luck and Sai Praneeth's lost chances of making it further at the Tokyo Olympics, its all turning out to be a bittersweet affair at the badminton camp - save for one woman - PV Sindhu, who still has very high chances of going the distance and hopefully converting a medal.
In what is going to be the last day featuring two Indian shuttlers in action, Day 5 of the Tokyo Olympics will begin with a bang as World No. 7 PV Sindhu takes control of the court at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza.
Slated to go up against Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi who is placed as the World No. 34 currently, Sindhu will look to continue producing her invincible form today as well and edge past Ngan Yi, to come out on top of her Group.
Meanwhile, World No. 15 Sai Praneeth will be contesting his final match at the Tokyo Olympics, later in the day, as he will face-off against the talented Dutchman, Mark Caljouw. Having lost his first group match encounter to a much lower-ranked Israeli player - Misha Zilberman, Sai Praneeth squandered his Tokyo dreams even before they began.
We can hope that Praneeth will be able to get at least one win on the board from his Tokyo outing and return with experience and memories from his debut Games.
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In a matter of 34 minutes, Mark Caljouw dominates his way to head into the knockout stages of the Olympics as Sai Praneeth's Olympic journey comes to an end.
Mark Caljouw wins 21-14, 21-14!
Sai Praneeth keeps struggling here as Caljouw still has the lead at 17-13!
Mark Caljouw once again takes the mid-game interval lead at 11-9!
Caljouw comes up quick and stays hot behind Praneeth who leads at 7-5!
Sai Praneeth with a six point cushion here as he leads 7-1!
We see a changed attitude in Sai Praneeth in the second game as he leads at 5-0!