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India Open, Day 4 LIVE: Satwik-Chirag eye semi-final berth — Blog, Scores, Results, Updates
Day 4 of the India Open 2022 Badminton tournament will feature the quarter-final stage, with the likes of PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, among others in action. Follow our LIVE blog for all updates.
Day 4 of the India Open 2022 Badminton tournament will feature the quarter-final stage, with the likes of PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, among others in action at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall at the Indira Gandhi Stadium, in New Delhi.
The tournament was hit by Covid when BWF announced on Thursday that seven players tested positive for coronavirus. All seven were Indians and Kidambi Srikanth and Ashwini Ponnappa were among the seven.
Follow The Bridge's LIVE Blog for every update from the tournament.
Live Updates
- 14 Jan 2022 9:59 AM GMT
Body smashes from HS Prannoy in the Lakshya Sen match!
Into Game 2 here, Lakshya Sen is stepping ahead again and takes the lead at 4-3 but he better be careful of Prannoy, who looks super pumped!
- 14 Jan 2022 9:57 AM GMT
Back to Sindhu - Chaliha is being pushed to every corner of the court!
Into Game 2 of the PV Sindhu-Ashmita Chaliha clash, Sindhu is using the full advantage of her wingspan to make Chaliha do some extra work and she looks like she is up for it!
Sindhu leads 5-3!
- 14 Jan 2022 9:55 AM GMT
Lakshya Sen's return finds the net - Prannoy wins the first game!
HS Prannoy comes from behind to tame Lakshya Sen in the opening game - Sen will have to switch things over here.
Prannoy wins Game 1 in 21-14!
- 14 Jan 2022 9:54 AM GMT
Prannoy with the momentum now!
Sen makes a few costly errors and the veteran Prannoy capitalises all too well - Prannoy leads 20-14!
- 14 Jan 2022 9:53 AM GMT
Just 11 minutes for the 2-time Olympic medallist, please!
PV Sindhu finishes that first game with a classic cross-court smash with a 21-7 scoreboard! What a queen!
Ashmita needs to step up here!
- 14 Jan 2022 9:51 AM GMT
It's beautiful to see what Lakshya Sen can do at the net!
Sen and Prannoy are playing incredibly close to the net and it's a thing of beauty to watch.
Prannoy keeps up well with the youngster and takes the lead at 14-13 in Game 1! Come on!
- 14 Jan 2022 9:48 AM GMT
Back to the PV Sindhu match - Sindhu has gone up in the mid-game interval!
Sindhu looks very unruffled here although Chaliha is impressing with her shots but some of her returns are falling too long - Sindhu leads 12-7!
- 14 Jan 2022 9:48 AM GMT
What a comeback from Prannoy here - Lakshya better buck up!
. @PRANNOYHSPRI takes the midgame advantage!
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Score: 10-11#YonexSunriseIndiaOpen2022#IndiaKaregaSmash#Badminton pic.twitter.com/45c9OACNNy - 14 Jan 2022 9:45 AM GMT
Meanwhile, HS Prannoy is giving some heat of his own to Lakshya Sen!
Prannoy is getting into the party and levels up with Lakshya Sen at 8 ALL first.
But Sen is moving all too well and retrieving shots from crazy angles - it is 10 ALL!