World Badminton Championships Live score and updates: PV Sindhu beats Chen Yufie to secure final berth

PV Sindhu secured a final berth at the World Badminton Championships in Glasgow. Earlier, Saina Nehwal had to settle for a bronze medal after losing her semifinal match against Nozomi Okuhara of Japan. 

Here are all the updates of the day:

'02:46

Sindhu has done it. 

She beats Chen Yufei 21-13, 21-10 to enter the final of World Badminton Championship.

'02:40

Yufie is fighting hard here. Reduces the lead to 16-8.

'02:35

Sindhu is relentless today- goes 15-3 up in the second game.

'02:30

3 straight points for Sindhu- she goes to the break in the second game leading 11-1. Just 10 more for final.

'02:28

Yufie finally takes a point in the second game. Sindhu is leading 8-1.

'02:25

What a start to the second game by Sindhu. She up and away 6-0.

'02:21

PV Sindhu wins the first game 21-13 to take the lead.

'02:16

Sindhu is cruising here. Leads 18-13 in the opening game.

'02:12

Sindhu ends the rally with a splendid cross court smash. Leads 13-8 against Yufei.

'02:08

Sindhu is leading 11-8 at the break in the opening game.

'02:04

Sindhu makes it 7-7. Very interesting opening game so far.

'02:02

Yufei take a slight lead in the opening game, 6-4.

'02:00

IT"S ON

Sindhu and Yufei are 3-3 at the start.

'01:50

It is well past midnight but we are rooting for PV Sindhu as she steps on court against Chen Yufei for a place in #2017BWC final.

— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 26, 2017

'01:35 

Hello, we are back with the updates of World Badminton Championships. The date has changed in India, however the day's action is still going on in Glasgow. PV Sindhu will play her semifinal match against Yufie Chen of China shortly.

'20:45

Five-time champion Lin Dan beats top seed Son Wan-ho to set up a final showdown with Viktor Axelsen in the men's singles. ​

'19:30

That's 100% percent right. 

What a story it has been for @NSaina. The fierce warrior grows in stature with her amazing campaign in #2017BWC. Hats off for your effort!

— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 26, 2017

'19:15

THAT'S IT.

Saina Nehwal loses to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 12-12, 21-17, 21-10 to finish with a Bronze medal.​

'19:10

The match has slipped away from Saina. She is trailing 7-18 now.

'19:05

Saina trails 4-11 at the break in 3rd game.

If Saina can pull this back, it will be incredible. But the effect of last night's thriller is probably showing now.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 26, 2017

'19:00

It is not looking good for Saina here. She is trailing 3-9 against Nozomi now.

'18:56

It's anybody match right now. The score is 3-3

'18:51

Okuhara wins the second game 21-17. Saina has made it 16-16 at one time but the Japanese took the game away from there. 

Off to the decider now.

'18:41

Okuhara agains takes the lead after break, 15-12 now.

'18:36

9-9, the scores are level in the second game. Good comeback by Saina here.  

'18:33

Okuhara continues to stay ahead but Saina is catching up. 8-5. 

'18:30

Good start by Okuhara in the second game- she is leading 6-3.

'18:23

Brilliant start by Saina here- she wins the opening game 21-12 aginst Nozomi. 

'18:20

Saina is leading 18-11 now. Just 3 points needed to take the first game. 

'18:14

Good start for Saina after the break, she leads 14-6 now.

'18:11

Saina is looking good here. Nozomi came back to get some good points though. Saina leads Nozomi 11-6 at the break in the opening game.

Excellent start for Saina. Looking nimble. Fingers crossed. Both girls have had long matches last evening.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 26, 2017

'18:05

Saina is off to a good start here, leads 7-2 in no time.

'18:03

And we are off- Saina takes an early lead, 4-2 in her favour.

'18:00

Saina Nehwal and Nozomi Okuhara of Japan have faced each other seven times before today. Saina has won six times. 

'17:55

Saina's match is next.

'17:53
 
Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi of Japan lose to Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan of China in women's doubles semifinal. 

'17:42

Saina Nehwal's semifinal clash against Nozomi Okuhara of Japan will start in a few minutes. 

'16:54

In men's doubles, Mohammad Ahsan and Rian Agung Saputro of Indonesia beat Japanense duo of Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda 21-12, 21-15 to enter final.

'16:42

Tontowi Ahamd and Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia make it to the final defeating Chun Hei Reginald Lee and Hoi Wah Chau of Hong Kong in the mixed doubles category.​

'15:30 

China’s defending champion and Olympic gold medalist, Chen Long has lost his men's singles semifinal. Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen beat Long 21-9, 21-10 in straight games to earn a spot in the final. 

India secure seventh world championship medal

India have already been assured of two medals at the event. It takes India's tally to seven medals at the championships in history.

Here is the complete list of medals won by India at the world championships:

Prakash Padukone - bronze medal in 1983 in Copenhagen in the men's singles

Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa - bronze medal in 2011 in London in the women's doubles

Sindhu - bronze medal in 2013 in Guangzhou in the women's singles

Sindhu - bronze medal in 2014 in Copenhagen in the women's singles

Saina- silver medal in 2015 in Jakarta in the women's singles

Sindhu- assured of a medal in 2017 in Glasgow in the women's singles

Saina- assured of a medal in 2017 in Glasgow in the women's singles

Sindhu, the world number four, was in a ruthless mood during the quarter-final clash against her Chinese opponent and fifth-seed Sun Yu, dispatching her 21-14, 21-9 in just 39 minutes to storm into the last-four
The Indian, who has now guaranteed herself a medal after reaching the last-four, will now cross swords with China's Chen Yufei for a place in the summit showdown.

London Olympic bronze-medallist Nehwal, on the other hand, booked her place in the semi-finals after struggling past 16th seed Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland.

After comfortably winning the opening game, Nehwal went down in the second before she rebounded strongly to register a 21-19, 18-21, 21-15 win over her Scottish opponent.

Nehwal will now cross swords with seventh-seed Nozomi Okuhara of Japan for a final berth.

Earlier, India's wait of clinching their maiden medal in the men's category at the World Championships shattered after Kidambi Srikanth slumped to a 14-21, 18-21 defeat at the hands of world number one Wan Ho in an exhilarating last-eight clash that lasted 49 minutes.