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Demark Open LIVE - Day 3 - Sameer Verma beats Anders Antonsen - Updates, Results, Scores, Blog
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Sameer Verma beat Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the Round of 16 of the Australian Open Super 500 in Sydney on June 13. (Photo credit: Badminton Photo/BWF)
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 4:49 PM GMT
The match has started!
Axelsen wins the first point of the match but Lakshya Sen leads 2-1.
- 21 Oct 2021 4:38 PM GMT
Lakshya Sen on court!
Yes, finally, we have a move on in court 1 which has seen a lot of close encounters today. Lakshya Sen is out there now and he will be up against the World Number 2 Vicktor Axelsen.
They have encountered once previously with Axelsen winning that match in straight games at the 2020 England Open just before the pandemic stopped all sporting activities last year.
- 21 Oct 2021 4:06 PM GMT
Arjun-Dhruv KNOCKED OUT
Arjun MR and Dhruv Kapila put up a valiant effort against the World Number 7. Their best is however not enough as they fall short 12-21, 21-17, 15-21 and exit the Denmark Open 2021.
- 21 Oct 2021 4:02 PM GMT
This is over for Arjun-Dhruv
The Indonesians lead 16-9. I do not see a comeback from here for Arjun MR and Dhruv Kapila.
- 21 Oct 2021 3:57 PM GMT
6-point lead
A massive 6 point lead for Indonesia in the decider. They lead 11-5 at the change of sides.
Will the shift of sides shift India's fortunes?
- 21 Oct 2021 3:55 PM GMT
8-4
Muhammad-Fajar continue to dominate the decider. Arjun-Dhruv seem to have no answers at the moment.
- 21 Oct 2021 3:53 PM GMT
Indonesia leads
The Indonesians lead 4-2 in the decider. Will Arjun-Dhruv hit back?
- 21 Oct 2021 3:51 PM GMT
Can India win this?
It is going to be tough. This is Kapila's second match of the day, and this is his second decider. He was in a similar situation earlier today with Sikki Reddy in mixed doubles, where they made a comeback in the second game but eventually fizzled out in the decider.
Will this be something different?
- 21 Oct 2021 3:49 PM GMT
21-17
Dhruv Kapila and Arjun MR have forced the World Number 7 into a decider. This is fantastic from the Indians. The Indonesians save one game point, but that's all they could come up with.
