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BWF World Championships Final LIVE - Srikanth wins Silver -Updates, Results, Scores, Blog, Medal
Srikanth goes down fighting in the men's singles final match and settles for the Silver medal
Kidambi Srikanth will take on Singapore's Loh Kean Yew in the finals of the Badminton World Championships (Source: BWF)
Welcome to The Bridge's LIVE Blog from the Final of BWF World Championships 2021.
For the first time in history, an Indian male shuttler will compete in the finals of the Singles event and fight it out for Gold. Kidambi Srikanth is set to face Loh Kean Yew in the match scheduled to take place at 6:30 pm IST today.
Stay tuned for all the latest updates!
Live Updates
- 19 Dec 2021 2:12 PM GMT
Game point for Loh Kean Yew!
20-15 in his favour and he has dominated the last few plays in this set.
- 19 Dec 2021 2:10 PM GMT
Kidambi-14 Loh Kean Yew-19
Game 1 seems to be slipping away from Kidambi. He has played several unforced errors and has subsequently lost his lead and chance of recovering.
- 19 Dec 2021 2:07 PM GMT
Kidambi-13 Loh Kean Yew-14
Loh Kean Yew has taken the lead. He has understood Kidambi's game and has recovered to make a phenomenal comeback.
- 19 Dec 2021 2:06 PM GMT
Kidambi-12 Loh Kean Yew-12
This is tight. Loh Kean Yew has recovered well in the past 3 minutes to get back in the game.
- 19 Dec 2021 2:03 PM GMT
Halftime in Game 1!
Kidambi leads 11-7 at the moment. He needs to continue the game with this momentum.
- 19 Dec 2021 2:02 PM GMT
Kidambi-9 Loh Kean Yew-6
Loh Kean Yew is fighting back. He seems to have realised the urgency of recovering now rather than later.
- 19 Dec 2021 2:00 PM GMT
Kidambi-9 Loh Kean Yew-3
What a player! He is restricting his opponent well and has succeeded in taking 6 points consecutively.
- 19 Dec 2021 1:58 PM GMT
Kidambi- 6 Loh Kean Yew-3
And just like that Kidambi is in front. He is playing a short sweet game which might be part of his strategy today.
