Badminton
2021 Orleans Masters Semifinal: Saina Nehwal vs Line Christophersen - LIVE Blog, Updates, Score, Results
Follow the LIVE blog for Saina Nehwal's semifinal match at the 2021 Orleans Masters.
India's ace badminton player Saina Nehwal, on Saturday, is playing semifinals of the ongoing Orleans Masters 2021 tournament. Nehwal takes on Denmark's Line Christophersen, who is world no. 38. Follow LIVE updates here.
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- 27 March 2021 11:24 AM GMT
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- 27 March 2021 11:23 AM GMT
Saina 17-21, 17-21 Line
And, with that, it's all over for Saina at the Orleans Masters. The World No. 20 crashes out in the semis, never really looked like she was in the game, her movement was slow and her shots were erratic.
- 27 March 2021 11:20 AM GMT
Saina 17-21, 15-17 Line
The game is going away point by point. Saina has no answers to Line's shots or smashes, that one there hit her body directly.
- 27 March 2021 11:19 AM GMT
Saina 17-21, 13-15 Line
Line won't give up so easily, especially after taking the first game she wants to wrap this up in the second itself. Can Saina persevere and push it to the decider?
- 27 March 2021 11:16 AM GMT
Saina 17-21, 11-7 Line
Saina has a healthy lead at the second game's breather against the World No. 38 from Denmark. If she can hold on, a decider will be forced but Saina's stamina levels will be tested.
- 27 March 2021 11:13 AM GMT
Saina 17-21, 7-4 Line
The Indian looks like she is recovering but it's more because of Line's errors in the second game so far.
- 27 March 2021 11:11 AM GMT
Saina 17-21, 2-1 Line
The second game, starts very much like the first game. Saina's big worry will be Line's distribution across the court and her own movement which has looked a little offbeat today.
- 27 March 2021 11:08 AM GMT
Saina 17-21 Line
And with that, Line takes the first game. Saina has been erratic in the first game, with her judgements and lobs. She has her task cut out.
- 27 March 2021 11:05 AM GMT
Saina 14-17 Line
Line still has a three-point lead and the first game could very well go to her.
