China Open Badminton 2018 | Srikanth K vs Corvee L | Live Score Commentary and Results

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That was a fine performance by Srikanth despite the late surge by Corvee.

This should give Srikanth a lot of confidence for the next rounds.

Final score: Srikanth def Corvee 21-12, 21-16 in 34 minutes to enter Round 2.

Srikanth is third time lucky!

He converts his third match point to get the win!!!!

Corvee saves two match points and now trails 16-20

Six match points for the Indian!

20-14

And it's 19-14 for Srikanth.

Two points away from the win!

He has been able to hold on to his four-point advantage so far.

Up 18-14 now

Srikanth steadily inching towards the finishine here.

It's 16-12 in his favour.

It's 14-11 to Srikanth currently.

He begins the same way after the break.

Gets two fast points to extend his lead to 13-9.

Srikanth adds another vital point and makes 11-9 in his favour going into the midgame interval.

After Srikanth went up to 10-8, Corvee shows his fighting spirit and gets a point through a long rally.

It's still a lead for Srikanth at 10-9.

Srikanth breaks away from the tie and inches ahead to 9-7.

And they are back to being level!

It's 7-7 now

Srikanth quickly regroups and grabs the next two points to go up to 6-5.

For the first time in this game Corvee has a lead.

He is up 5-4

Corvee fights back to make it 3-3 after Srikanth made it 3-2

It's 2-1 to Srikanth in the second game.

That was such a dominating performance by Srikanth!

Can the former champion repeat it in the second?

And Srikanth converts his first game point!

First game goes to the Indian at 21-12.

Srikanth has reached game points now!

20-12

Corvee tries his best to stop his run.

Gets a couple of points and now trails 10-18.

17-8 for Srikanth now.

He has won six of the seven points after the interval.

It's all Srikanth at the moment.

He takes four points after the break to lead 15-7.

Srikanth looking very poised and determined right now.

Makes a fast start after the break and goes up to 13-7.

Srikanth adds a few more points to increase the gap between himself and his opponent.

11-7 for the Indian going into the mid-game interval.

He keeps maintaining the two-point lead.

It's 8-6 for Srikanth

Two quick points for the Indian!

He leads 7-5

Srikanth inches ahead to 5-4 only to see the Frenchman come back to make it 5-5

Pretty competitive in the early stages!

Corvee goes up to 3-2 but Srikanth levels it at 3-3

It's 1-1

And the match is under way!