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All England Open Badminton Championships Live: PV Sindhu eyes a place in the quarters.© AFP
All England Open Badminton Championships Live: Star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu is currently trailing in her second round match against South Korea’s An Se-young at the All England Badminton Championships in Birmingham. Sindhu had started the game on the positive note but soon allowed the world no. 1 Korean to gain an advantage. Double Olympic medallist Sindhu advanced to the second round after her German opponent Yvonne Li retired following the completion of the first game on Tuesday. Sindhu had won the first game 21-10 before Li decided to throw in the towel.
Here are the Live Updates of the All England Open Badminton Championships from the Utilita Arena, Birmingham
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15:59 (IST)
All England Open Live: Sindhu fights back!
Sindhu isn’t ready to let this slide! She has now won five points on trot and trails by a solitary points.
Sindh 16:17 Se-young
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15:56 (IST)
All England Open Live: Commentators curse!
The lead has now is now six points! Se-young has managed to pull clear after Sindhu’s resistance following the midway break in this first game
Sindhu 11:17 Se-young
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15:54 (IST)
All England Open Live: Sindhu putting in the hard yards!
Sindhu is fighting to stay alive in this first game. She isn’t really allowing Se-young to pull away. The Korean, however, leads by a couple of points
Sindhu 11:13 Se-young
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15:48 (IST)
All England Open Live: Se-young on top!
The Korean top seed has opened up a three-point gap at the mid-way break over Sindhu, who seems to be struggling with her netplay and drop shots. Se-young has been all over her so far.
Sindhu 8:11 Se-young
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15:44 (IST)
All England Open Live: Good comeback!
An Se-young gets herself back on level terms after a couple of errors from Sindhu. These early exchanges might decide the tie eventually
Sindhy 4:4 Se-young
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15:41 (IST)
All England Open Live: Sindhu on the charge!
A couple of smashes and an error from the Korean sees Sindhu take a three-point lead in the first game. She leads 4-1 as of now
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15:40 (IST)
All England Open Live: We are underway!
1-0 Se-young! Tremendous rally to get us underway. Sindhu does well to force the Korean with a drop shot, but pull her final shot just wide of the tramline
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15:38 (IST)
All England Open Live: Calm before the storm!
Both the players have arrived on Court 1. An Se-young will get us underway here at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham.
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15:24 (IST)
All England Open Live: More action to follow!
Lakshya Sen will also be in action in the men’s singles second round, while men’s doubles top seeds Satwik-Chirag will also take the center court later in the day
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15:11 (IST)
All England Open Live: Hello!
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the 2nd round matches of the All England Badminton Championships. India’s PV Sindhu faces a stern test as she takes on South Korean world no. 1 An Se-young.
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