Badminton
German Open 2022, Day 3 LIVE: Srikanth, Prannoy, Lakshya in quarters — Scores, Updates, Results, Blog
A lot of exciting badminton clashes are lined up for the day with Sindhu, Saina, Srikanth, Sen eyeing quarterfinals at the German Open. Follow all updates here.
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Hello and welcome to the Day 3 live blog of The Bridge for the German Open 2022!
So far, in the women's singles, both PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal have crashed out of the Super 300 and could not make it till the quarterfinals.
In the men's singles, we have Kidambi Srikanth who has booked his spot in the quarters. Lakshya and Prannoy have also booked their tickets to the quarters.
In the doubles, the men's duo of Ishaan Bhatnagar/Sai Pratheek lost to the pair of Krishna Prasad/Vishnuvardhan Goud who are into the quarters.
In the women's, the combine of Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand also lost.
Live Updates
- 10 March 2022 11:24 AM GMT
Phew, what a save! Kidambi Srikanth is into the quarter-finals!!!
Kidambi Srikanth survives a mini-scare at the German Open 2022 but finally matches to take care of it by ousting his Chinese opponent in three tight games, 21-16, 23-21, 21-18 in 67 minutes!
Onwards and into the quarterfinals!
- 10 March 2022 11:19 AM GMT
Hot on the heels this battle is between the two!
Kidambi Srikanth has to watch his back here and opt for smarter shots to keep away the Guang Zu danger at bay.
- 10 March 2022 11:15 AM GMT
Tense moments in the match as Guang Zu now takes the lead at 14-12!
This match has turned into a thriller with Srikanth being made to sweat it out a lot as the Chinese piles the pressure!
- 10 March 2022 11:05 AM GMT
Into the decider of the Srikanth match, things are going tight still...
Srikanth is being given a tough time by Guang Zu as the Chinese has some renewed confidence after winning the second game.
But Srikanth leads 6-4 in this decider now.
- 10 March 2022 10:59 AM GMT
Guang Zu puts a lot of pressure on Srikanth and wins Game 2, bit of a shocker!
Kidambi Srikanth fails to make good of his lead and Guang Zu attacks and takes the second game off the Indian in a tense battle, 23-21.
This match also is into a decider - it's not going easy for the Indian shuttlers today.
- 10 March 2022 10:48 AM GMT
Srikanth gets back the lead and is moving better now!
Srikanth charges back now and leads at 15-11 to expand on the gap!
Let's go Srikanth! Guang Zu makes errors too.
- 10 March 2022 10:43 AM GMT
Into Game 2, the Chinese is on the attack and Srikanth falls on the back foot
Guang Zu steals the momentum from Srikanth and leads 9-6 now in Game 2. Spot of bother for Srikanth!
- 10 March 2022 10:34 AM GMT
And Kidambi Srikanth switches things up, pockets Game 1!
Kidambi Srikanth switches gears now and plays the shuttle smartly to take the first game, 21-16! Come on, Srikanth, let's gooo!