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This is tight!

None of the pairs willing to give up, but the Japanese open up a 2-point lead at 5-3

Japan takes the lead

Hayata and Harimoto take charge of the proceedings now. They race to a 4-3 lead.

Early lead in game 4

An early 2-0 lead for the Indians in game number 4. Is the comeback real?

Sathiyan-Manika take game 3

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manika Batra force the Japanese into a fourth game. The Indians win game number 3 11-7. Can they now win the next game and force a decider?

Japan hits back

A couple of straight points for the Japanese pair and they have reduced the deficit to just one point. They trail 6-7.

India leads

Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran seem to be slowly finding their rhythm. They lead 5-3

Close start to game 3

A close start to what could well be the final game of this match. 2-2.

11-2

This is definitely as bad as it looks for Manika and Sathiyan. They are now 2-0 down and have failed to put up any sort of fight.

They did make a comeback from 2-0 down yesterday to win the pre-quarterfinal, can they replicate something like that?

Going from bad to worse

This seems to be getting from bad to worse for India as they trail 1-6.

Japan takes early lead in Game 2

The second game of the match has started and Hayata and Harimoto have a 2-1 lead.