Saina Nehwal vs Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt, Live Badminton Score and Updates, French Open Super Series 2017 First Round

Later in the day, Denmark Open champion Srikanth Kidambi and PV Sindhu will be in action.

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She will try to inspire herself from that third game performance for her next match could be against her Denmark Open conqueror, Akane Yamaguchi.

That was a good workout for Saina. Kudos to the Dane for playing aggressively and bagging a game with that play. In the decider, it was all Saina, who stamped her authority early on and never relinquished control.

Final score: Nehwal def Kjaersfeldt 21-14, 11-21, 21-10

Saina takes it, 21-10

Line saves one...10-20

ELEVEN MATCH POINTS FOR SAINA

20-9

18-9 for the Indian

The shuttlers are playing are more defensively now....longer rallies....it is a test of stamina.

Currently, Saina is ahead at 17-9

Saina is still comfortably placed at 16-8

Line bags a couple of points to reduce the deficit to 7-15

15-5 it is for the Indian...a TEN-POINT ADVANTAGE now

Surely, she wouldn't take her foot off the pedal now.

Saina looks UNSTOPPABLE now.....has inched ahead to 15-4.

At the mid-game interval, Saina has a lead of 11-4.

Saina is now cruising at 9-4....she needs to be careful not to let the Dane come back.

8-2 is the lead now....Saina has extended the gap to six points now

This time, Saina is more cautious and has soared to 6-2

Saina has once more jumped to a 4-2 lead....can she hold on to it this time?

Saina is now 2-1 ahead

THIRD GAME

1-1

Line takes the second game, 21-11

TEN GAME POINTS FOR THE DANE

20-10

But that could not throw off the Dane....she adds two more points to lead 19-10

Finally Saina stops her march and adds one point to make it 10-17

17-9

Unbelievable turnaround!

15-9

Saina has no answers at all!

And the Dane has extended her lead to 14-9

Post-interval, she still maintains her three-point lead....12-9

Lot of hard work for Saina to do if she wants to win in straight games.

Wow! The Dane has gone up to 11-8 at the mid-game interval.

It is a close encounter now though Line still has a slender lead of one point at 9-8

Now Line has surged to 8-6

Just like the first game, Line has come back to even the game. 6-6 it is

6-4 is the lead for the Indian now

She has a 5-3 advantage now

The Indian has broken away to a 4-2 lead

All level in the initial stages of the second game

2-2

SECOND GAME

It is 1-1

Saina bags the first game, 21-14

Saina now has SIX GAME POINTS at 20-14

The former runner-up is now cruising at 18-13....sniffing the finish line in this game

The pace of the match has slowed down now...Saina still has a FOUR-point advantage at 16-12

It's 15-11 for the Indian.

Saina has taken three points in a row to jump to a 14-11 lead

Post-interval, it is 11-11

Saina has a slender lead of 11-10 at halftime

It continues to be tight....10-10

But Saina has restored order now...back to 9-9

That's really a great effort from Line considering she was finding it difficult in the initial stages of the match.

And the Dane has built a TWO-POINT lead over Saina...9-7

7-7

Saina Nehwal vs Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt, Live Badminton Score and Updates, French Open Super Series 2017 First Round

Nehwal def Kjaersfeldt 21-14, 11-21, 21-10 to enter the second round.