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Demark Open LIVE - Day 3 - Sameer Verma beats Anders Antonsen - Updates, Results, Scores, Blog
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Sameer Verma (Source: BWF)
Welcome to The Bridge's LIVE blog from Day 3 of the Denmark Open 2021
The first round is of the Demark Open 2021 is done and dusted and we move into the pre-quarterfinals or the Round of 16 today. Quite a few of the Indians including the husband-wife duo of Parupalli Kashyap-Saina Nehwal and the veteran doubles specialist Ashwini Ponnappa have already been knocked out of contention.
Can the remaining Indians, which includes double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, former world number 1 Kidambi Srikanth, the rising men's doubles pair of Satwik-Chirag and others keep the Indian flag flying in Denmark?
Stay tuned for all the latest updates.
Live Updates
- 21 Oct 2021 6:38 PM GMT
Sameer Verma is cruising
He is just outplaying the world number 3 is Verma. He leads 16-9 now.
- 21 Oct 2021 6:33 PM GMT
11-6
Sameer Verma goes into the mid-game interval with a comfortable 11-6 lead. What a start against the world number 3 for the Indian!
- 21 Oct 2021 6:24 PM GMT
The match has started!
The match between Sameer Verma and Anders Antonsen has started and the Indian takes the first point. Verma 1-0 up.
- 21 Oct 2021 6:00 PM GMT
Sameer Verma up next!
Sameer Verma is the last Indian in action today. He will be up against Anders Antonsen in court number 1 after the ongoing match ends.
- 21 Oct 2021 5:55 PM GMT
Satwik-Chirag are KNOCKED OUT
Well, this is a bummer. The World Number 10 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty go down to a much lower-ranked Goh and Nur from Malaysia.
The Indians lost 21-14, 15-21, 15-21 in 55 minutes. The day just goes from bad to worse if you are an Indian fan.
Satwik-Chirag had faced Goh-Nur 4 times before this and had won each and every contest. But, NOT TODAY.
- 21 Oct 2021 5:49 PM GMT
Satwik-Chirag fighting back
The Indians are trying all they can to force their way back into this contest. But, they still trail by 4 at 12-16.
- 21 Oct 2021 5:46 PM GMT
Goh-Nur continue to motor along
Goh and Nur continue their merry ways in the decider. 14-8 lead in the decider.
- 21 Oct 2021 5:42 PM GMT
11-4
A 7-point lead for the Malaysian pair before the change of sides in the decider. We would need something spectacular from Satwik and Chirag if they are to turn this around.
- 21 Oct 2021 5:39 PM GMT
Slipping away
This is slipping away faster than one thought from Satwik-Chirag. They trail 2-8 now.
