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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 9:47 AM GMT
17-11
Busanan trying all she can to stay in the contest, but Sindhu has managed to defy her so far.
- 21 Oct 2021 9:45 AM GMT
Comfortable for Sindhu
Some exchange of points and Sindhu is comfortable with a 14-9 lead.
- 21 Oct 2021 9:42 AM GMT
7-point lead
Busanan has suddenly lost all the momentum. Sindhu, on the other hand, has regained her confidence and has a 7-point lead at 13-6.
- 21 Oct 2021 9:41 AM GMT
Sindhu challenges
A smash from Busanan which is called in. Sindhu went up immediately and loses a challenge. Just 1 challenge left for her in the match.
- 21 Oct 2021 9:39 AM GMT
11-5
A very comfortable 6-point lead for Sindhu before we change ends. This should have been more than enough on any other day for the double Olympic medallist, but Busanan is playing some terrific badminton today.
Can Sindhu close this off quickly?
- 21 Oct 2021 9:38 AM GMT
Turning on the heat!
Sindhu knows it is now or never. She has done it before at even bigger stages. She is making all that experience count now. 10-5 lead for the Indian.
- 21 Oct 2021 9:36 AM GMT
3-point lead
This is a good start for Sindhu in the decider. She leads 7-4.
Much needed for the Indian, who looked dejected at the end of the second game.
- 21 Oct 2021 9:35 AM GMT
WHAT A RALLY!
Busanan did everything she could to stay in that 34-shot rally. She almost fell over twice but managed to return and recover. However, Sindhu finds a slight gap and just places it wonderfully to go 5-3 ahead.
- 21 Oct 2021 9:30 AM GMT
"Why are you sad?"
"Why are you sad? Why are you so angry?" asks Park Tae Sang to a completely demoralised Sindhu.
This is not a good sign by any means, if you are an Indian fan.
