WTT Contender Lasko 2021, LIVE Semi-finals: Manika Batra eyes finals

Change of sides as Batra is the first to reach 5 points in the decider!!

Manika is looking sharp here and Szocs is a little flustered here. Batra with the lead at 5-3! Let's go!

Szocs is feeling the pressure now as she tosses away her racquet on the table in frustration - Batra shifts gears to lead 3-0 in the final game!

Manika Batra brings out the magic of her long pips now to play with the spin of Szocs' returns and she takes the 4th game, 11-6!

We are into a deciding final game now.

Manika Batra edges past slightly to lead 7-6 in this fourth game as Szocs' return finds the net and lands outside.

Manika's forehand is wide as she tosses the ball up in the air, in return, in the fourth game.

Szocs leads 3-1 in this game and Manika has taken a timeout to get a better hold of things here.

Bernadette Szocs finds her rhythm in this match and takes the game, 11-5.

Can Manika drag it to a fifth set? Let's see!

Szocs takes the lead in the blink of an eye as she forces Batra in the rallies and leads 10-5

Manika comes back from behind to take a lead at 5-4 now!

Manika falls behind in Game 2 as the World No. 25 Romanian powers in to clinch the second game, 11-4.

Both players have one game each now! The pressure is very much on.