PBL 2017 Highlights: Delhi Acers Beat Chennai Smashers 5-2
Delhi Acers bounced back from their previous three defeats, beating Chennai Smashers by a scoreline of 5-2 in a Premier Badminton League match on Sunday. Catch the highlights from the PBL 2017 match in Bengaluru
- Bhargab Sarmah
- Updated: January 08, 2017 09:47 pm IST
After three straight defeats in their previous matches in Premier Badminton League 2017, Delhi Acers notched their first win in the tournament on Sunday, beat Chennai Smashers by a scoreline of 5-2. Catch highlights from the PBL 2017 match here.
21:45 IST:Â Thank you for joining us for our live coverage of the Delhi Acers vs Chennai Smashers PBL 2017 match.
21:42 IST: PV Sindhu wins her match 11-6, 11-7, but Delhi Acers win the match by a scoreline of 5-2.
21:34 IST:Â Sindhu takes a 6-4 lead going into the break.
21:28 IST: PV Sindhu wins the first game 11-6.
21:26 IST:Â And Sindhu now extends her lead to 9-5.
21:25 IST:Â Sindhu heads into the break with a 6-5 lead.
21:20 IST:Â Tanvi takes a 4-3 lead against Sindhu.
21:18 IST:Â It's an all-Indian affair in the evening's final game, as PV Sindhu takes on Tanvi Lad.
21:10 IST: Delhi win their trump match 11-6, 11-6 to take a 5-0 lead in the match.
20:45 IST:Â The men's doubles match is up next. This will be Delhi's trump match.
20:44 IST: Son wins the second game 11-4 and Delhi have a 3-0 lead in this match.
20:32 IST: Son wins the first game 12-10.
20:15 IST:Â Chennai Smashers' Parupalli Kashyap now takes on Son Wan Ho of Delhi Smashers in the next match.
20:08 IST: Delhi win the final game 11-9 to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
20:00 IST: Delhi comfortably win the second game 11-4.
19:49 IST: Chennai Smashers win the first game 11-7.
19:40 IST:Â Jwala Gutta and PV Sindhu are on opposing teams as both sides face each other in the mixed doubles tie.
19:33 IST:Â The Danish shuttler proved his class after the final game was tied at 2-2. He quickly opened a small gap and held the lead easily to the end. Delhi have the lead now and Chennai have to now claw their way back. In the form of PV Sindhu, they surely have the firepower to do so.
19:32 IST:Â Jan O Jorgensen wins the decider 11-6 to give Delhi Acers the lead.
19:23 IST:Â All depends on the decider now. Jorgensen has the momentum with him.
19:21 IST: Jorgensen storms back to comfortably win the second game 11-4
19:14 IST: Sugiarto comes back to win the first game 12-10.
19:07 IST:Â Jorgensen takes a 6-4 lead in the first game.
19:00 IST:Â It's Jan Jorgensen vs Tommy Sugiarto in the first match of the evening.
18:50 IST: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Delhi Acers vs Chennai Smashers PBL 2017 match.
PV Sindhu will take to the court in Chennai's trumnp match, which will be the final match of the tie.
Jan Jorgensen, meanwhile, will be expected to give Delhi a good start when he takes on Tommy Sugiarto in the first match of the day.