Sai Praneeth vs Kento Momota Semi-final HIGHLIGHTS, BWF World Championships: Praneeth Settles for Bronze

Kento Momota demolishes Sai Praneeth 21-13, 21-8 to advance to the final of World Championships while the Indian settles for bronze. Praneeth is only the second Indian men's singles player to win a worlds medal.

A delicate drop shot and an error from Momota and Sai Praneeth is trying to get to at least a respectable scoreline here.

Game 2: Praneeth 8-18 Momota. The Japanese took the first game 21-13

It is becoming more and more difficult for Praneeth! Momota is playing with precision and is keeping things extremely tight here. Praneeth is not being able to find a way at all.

Game 2: Praneeth 5-15 Momota. The Japanese took the first game 21-13

It's all been Momota in the second game so far. Praneeth has found it extremely hard to break Momota's defence and his attacking play has been full of errors. Momota is running away at the moment.

Game 2: Praneeth 3-11 Momota. The Japanese took the first game 21-13

Praneeth finally gets another point. Momota won five straight points before Praneeth was able to execute a perfect smash to earn a point off the world No.1. The Japanese is still calling the shots here.

Game 2: Praneeth 3-9 Momota. The Japanese took the first game 21-13

A big miss from Praneeth that! That was a golden chance for the Indian. He set himself up brilliantly by stretching Momota on his forehand but missed the line completely with his smash. Such misses will hurt Praneeth against the world No.1.

Game 2: Praneeth 2-5 Momota. Momota took the first game 21-13

Excellent play from Sai Praneeth. He uses a flat stroke deep into Momota forehand to set himself up for a big smash. He goes down-the-line with his smash and wins the points.

Game 2: Praneeth 2-1 Momota. The Japanese took the first game 21-13

That was a bright start from Praneeth but after the mid-game interval, Momota took full control of the proceedings with his aggression and dominated all the rallies to take points at will. Praneeth made far too many errors in the second half of the first game for his own good. Praneeth will have to come from behind now if he is to win this one.

Game 1: Praneeth 13-21 Momota

Finding winners like that could help! Praneeth variates his strokeplay well and is able to find a good cross-court smash to win an important point.

However, Momota is staying tight here and Praneeth is not asserting as much as he requires to, he needs to be more aggressive against Momota to be able to win points and put the world No.1 under pressure. Too many errors creeping in for Praneeth at the moment.

Game 1: Praneeth 12-19 Momota

Good attacking play from Momota. After the break, Momota has been taking Praneeth around the court well to draw errors from the Indian. Praneeth needs to concentrate really hard here as the world No.1 is pulling away.

Game 1: Praneeth 10-15 Momota

Kento Momota executes his favourite down-the-line smash to take a slender 11-10 lead at the break in the first game. Praneeth has done well so far to keep the world No.1 in check.

Game 1: Praneeth 10-11 Momota

Brilliant defence from Sai Praneeth. He is smashed at twice by Momota and Praneeth dives and sends the shuttle so close to the net that the Japanese just cannot reach it.

Game 1: Praneeth 10-10 Momota

Momota is beginning to find his rhythm here. For the past two rallies, he has upped the pace and has reaped benefits of the same. Praneeth, however, is not far behind as he is stretching Momota to all corners of the court well.

Game 1: Praneeth 9-9 Momota

Momota takes the lead for the first time in the match! Momota makes an excellent defence to Praneeth's smash down the line and then reacts brilliantly to the Indian's flat stroke and smashes his way to win the point.

Game 1: Praneeth 6-7 Momota

Momota draws level! A cross court half-smash from Momota to get himself 4-5 and then Praneeth sends the shuttle wide rather easily to let Momota come on level terms.

Game 1: Praneeth 5-5 Momota

First point in the bag for Momota. He plays a brilliant around the net backhand drop and it's too much for Praneeth to pick at the net.

Game 1: Praneeth 2-1 Momota

Sai Praneeth serve-starts the semi-final against Kento Momota. He constructs a good point and smashes hard at the net to earn the first point.

Game 1: Praneeth 1-0 Momota

Kento Momota and Sai Praneeth have made their way to the court. The toss is done and Praneeth won it and chose to serve. The two players will warm up for a bit now before the action begins.

The women's doubles semi-final between Japan's Yuki Fukushima-Sayaka Hirota and China's Yue Du-Yinhui Li is over and the Japanese beat their opponents 21-11, 21-17 to reach the final.

Up next, Sai Praneeth takes on Kento Momota!

Like Sai Praneeth, Kento Momota has not dropped a game en route to the semi-final as well. While Praneeth has spent 190 minutes on court, Momota has been on court for just 160 minutes, half an hour less than the Indian. Here's his journey to the final.

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Kento Momota leads Sai Praneeth 3-2 in their head-to-head record. While Praneeth beat Momota the first two times they faced back in 2013, the Japanese has got the better of the Indian the last three times they have met in BWF World Championships 2018, Singapore Open 2019 and Japan Open 2019.

Sai Praneeth faces the massive task of upstaging world No.1 and defending champion Kento Momota in the semi-finals of BWF World Championships. Can the Indian complete an upset?