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Badminton World Tour Finals Day 3 LIVE - PV Sindhu in action - Scores, Updates, Results, Blog
Catch all the badminton action LIVE from the final day of group stage clashes. Follow here.
PV Sindhu will be in action next in the semifinal on Saturday. (Source: BWF)
Welcome to the live blog of The Bridge from Day 3 of the Badminton World Tour Finals 2021!
Although India had qualified 7 shuttlers for the prestigious season-ending tournament, only 2 of them - PV Sindhu and by a stroke of fluke, Lakshya Sen, have been able to enter the semi-finals of the event. All other shuttlers - Kidambi Srikanth, Ashwini Ponnappa-N Sikki Reddy, and the men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty haven't been able to qualify. While Srikanth did win his opener against Toma Junior Popov, he lost haplessly against Thai youngster Kunlavut Vitidsarn and still has a small window of qualifying for the knockouts. The pair of Ashwini-Sikki could win just one of their three group stage matches while Satwik-Chirag lost their opener and pulled out citing injury trouble before facing off against The Minions.
Today marks the final day of group stage action where the Indian shuttlers will contest for one last mandatory hurray. Sindhu lost her final group match and will face Akane Yamaguchi in the semifinal on Saturday. Lakshya Sen, meanwhile, will be up against Viktor Axelsen in his semifinal.
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Live Updates
- 3 Dec 2021 2:16 AM GMT
Srikanth leaps into the air to hit a flying cross-court smash, whoa!!
Kidambi Srikanth is showing his usual sparks of brilliance and his lovely touch with the racquet now. It is 9 ALL!
- 3 Dec 2021 2:12 AM GMT
And let the badminton battle begin!
Srikanth starts with the serve, but Lee Zii Jia snatches it back right away and is attacking early here to lead 4-2 in the opening game. This does look like the battle of the Old Guard vs the New Guard as Srikanth and Lee Zii Jia go toe-to-toe!
- 3 Dec 2021 2:06 AM GMT
This will be a repeat match of the Hylo Open 2021 semi-final!
Kidambi Srikanth, who had made it to the semi-finals of the Hylo Open 2021, was tamed by the Malaysian Lee Zii Jia even though Srikanth put up a great fight, to lose 21-19, 22-20. It was a pretty close match but Zii Jia had the last word.
Can Srikanth get his revenge today?
- 3 Dec 2021 1:54 AM GMT
A bright and early start to the day - we wish you a very Good Morning!
The winter chill is palpable in the foggy December air but to keep us warm - we have some steaming cups of coffee and a day lined up with some exciting badminton action to look ahead to!
Former World No. 1 Indian badminton player Kidambi Srikanth has been enjoying a good streak and even won his opening group stage encounter against Toma Junior Popov. However, against Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn, Srikanth lost and jeopardized his chances of making it to the knock-outs. Today he will need to take care of reigning All England Champion Lee Zii Jia, to keep his chances alive.
