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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 9:29 AM GMT
Busanan wins the second game
Busanan wins the second game 21-12. Sindhu never looked comfortable in that game. In fact, she never has since the first mid-game interval of the match!
Can PV Sindhu up her game in the decider? Or will Busanan dominate it like she has for a majority of this match?
- 21 Oct 2021 9:27 AM GMT
Busnan wins a challenge
The Thai's shot called wide, but it has landed on the line. 8 GAME POINTS.
- 21 Oct 2021 9:27 AM GMT
Decider seems inevitable now
Consecutive points for Busanan and she leads 19-12. A decider seems inevitable now for Sindhu.
- 21 Oct 2021 9:25 AM GMT
3-Straight points
3 consecutive points for PV Sindhu and she is up to 12 on the scoreboard. Trails by five at 12-17.
- 21 Oct 2021 9:23 AM GMT
8-point lead
Sindhu makes a couple of errors and Busanan leads by 8 points. 9-17.
- 21 Oct 2021 9:22 AM GMT
29-shot rally
The longest rally of the match and Busanan finds the gap cross-court to pocket it. Sindhu trails 9-15.
- 21 Oct 2021 9:21 AM GMT
Beautiful!
A beautiful smash from Sindhu. Busanan leaves her left corner exposed, and Sindhu lands a perfect smash on the corner. That was so pleasing to the eye. 14-9 lead for the Thai.
- 21 Oct 2021 9:19 AM GMT
Sindhu loses a challenge
That was called out and it is out. PV Sindhu loses a challenge. 12-7 lead for Busanan.
- 21 Oct 2021 9:18 AM GMT
Aggressive start from Sindhu!
Sindhu is out for revenge. Comes out with 2 aggressive smashes and the scoreline is 7-11.
- 21 Oct 2021 9:17 AM GMT
11-5
This is some fightback from Busanan. The Thai leads 11-5 in the second game and seem to have left Sindhu demoralised.
Can the double Olympic medallist make a comeback? Or will the World Number 13 force it into a decider?
