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Demark Open LIVE - Day 3 - Sameer Verma beats Anders Antonsen - Updates, Results, Scores, Blog
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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 5:13 PM GMT
Satwik-Chirag win first game
Easy for Satwik and Chirag as they take the first game 21-14 without breaking a sweat. The Malaysians did not have any chance.
- 21 Oct 2021 5:11 PM GMT
Satwik-Chirag in control
Satwik-Chirag are in complete control against the Malaysians Goh-Nur. The Indians lead 16-12.
- 21 Oct 2021 5:10 PM GMT
Axelsen takes the first game
Nothing much Lakshya Sen could do after the World Number 2 got into his groove. Axelsen takes the first game 21-15. Can the young Sen bounce back? Or will he surrender?
- 21 Oct 2021 5:06 PM GMT
Advantage, Satwik-Chirag
Satwik-Chirag hold a slender 11-9 lead going into the first mid-game break. Can they continue their run?
- 21 Oct 2021 5:03 PM GMT
2-point lead for Axelsen
Meanwhile, Axelsen has also extended his lead to 2 against Sen. The Danish star leads 14-12.
- 21 Oct 2021 5:02 PM GMT
Satwik-Chirag lead
Satwik and Chirag have taken a 2-point lead at 7-5. Good start for India.
- 21 Oct 2021 5:00 PM GMT
Close start for Satwik-Chirag
Meanwhile the men's doubles on court number 3 has also commenced. Both Satwik-Chirag and Goh-Nur are tied at 2-2.
- 21 Oct 2021 4:58 PM GMT
Axelsen LEADS
Vicktor Axelsen goes into the first mid-game break with a slender 11-10 lead. Lakshya Sen has done so well to stay within touch of the world number 2. Can he continue to good work he has done so far?
- 21 Oct 2021 4:53 PM GMT
Satwik-Chirag are on court!
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are now out on court 3. They will take on Malaysia's Goh and Nur, who had earlier defeated India's Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy in Round of 32.
- 21 Oct 2021 4:52 PM GMT
Tight start!
A tight start to the match with scores tied at 4-4. Who will falter first?