Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates, Day 9: Sindhu Wins Bronze; India 1-0 Great Britain in Men's Hockey Quarters

India vs Great Britain Hockey Live Updates: Second-quarter gets underway and India scores an early goal here. Gurjant Singh comes up with the goods. Awesome hockey at the moment for India. 

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Fantastic work from Sindhu! Excellent pick from Bingjiao at one point and then a brilliant pick from Sindhu. The Indian then makes a beautiful spinning net shot that wins her the point.

Sindhu leads 21-13, 18-14*

Tokyo Olympics - Hockey

At the end of the first quarter India are 1-0. They need to be a lot more clinical in the defence. 

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Two fantastic disguised shots from Bingjiao to reduce the gap to 15-13 but Sindhu then makes it 16-13 by injecting pace into the rally towards the end and goes for a cross court shot to stretch Bingjiao on her backhand.

Sindhu leads 21-13, 16-13*

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Sindhu has restored her advantage against the Chinese. She has done well to stretch Bingjiao against to get back a four-point advantage.

Sindhu leads 21-13, 15-11*

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

A beautiful smash from Sindhu and she gets a slender 12-11 lead again.

Sindhu leads 21-13, 12-11

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Fantastic rally between the two and Bingjiao wins the point with a fantastic net shot. Next point, Sindhu sends the shuttle long and wastes a challenge as the shuttle was far off the line.

Sindhu leads 21-13, 11-11*

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Sindhu comes up with a brilliant cross court smash to go into the break with an 11-8 lead.

Sindhu leads 21-13, 11-8

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Sindhu does well to stop the momentum for Bingjiao and gain the control back for herself. However, Bingjiao is not bowing down, another scintillating drop shot from the Chinese and the score is tight.

Sindhu leads 21-13, 10-8*

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Most of the action has taken place in India's half till now and England has won a penalty corner too. India save. They need much better defence today. But wait, India has scored here. Dilpreet gets a pass inside the box and scores, it is 1-0. 

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Fantastic play from both players but Bingjiao stretches Sindhu towards her backhand and then sends the shuttle the other way to take the point. You can almost sense a momentum shift here as Sindhu gifts the next point to Bingjiao.

Sindhu leads 21-13, 8-7*

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Bingjiao fought hard to reduce the deficit to just 5-4 but then Sindhu came up with a brilliant body smash to make it 6-4 in the second game.

Sindhu leads 21-13, 6-4*

Tokyo Olympics - Hockey

So the hockey match gets underway here. India need to keep pressure on the Great Britain side. It is 0-0 at the moment in the first quarter.

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

A good start from Sindhu in the second game as she takes a 4-1 lead. She has started from where she left off in the first game, being all aggressive and constantly putting the Chinese under pressure.

Sindhu leads 21-13, 4-1*

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

 Dominant display from Sindhu in the first game and she races to a 1-0 lead in the bronze medal match. Sindhu took the first game 21-13 in 23 minutes to take a step towards winning the bronze medal.

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Sindhu jumps smashes as soon as she gets a loose shot from Bingjiao and then she kills it with smash to her backhand on follow-through. Excellent attacking prowess from the Indian!

Sindhu 17-11 Bingjiao

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

What a fantastic smash from Sindhu! She received the serve well close to the net and then smashed steep to Bingjiao forehand. Excellent combination!

Sindhu 15-9 Bingjiao

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Fantastic net shot from Sindhu as she increases the lead in the first game to 13-8. Sindhu is currently at her aggressive best. She is agile, concentrated and covering the court well.

Tokyo Olympics - Hockey

So we are just minutes away from the start of the quarters clash between India and Great Britain. 

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Sindhu goes into the break with an 11-8 lead over Bingjiao with the match going on for 13 minutes so far.

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Fantastic defensive skills on display from Bingjiao as she was made to run all around the court by Sindhu. However, the Indian stuck to her aggressive play and was able to smash out for the point.

Sindhu 10-8 Bingjiao

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Fantastic return of serve from Sindhu as she just lightly guides the shuttle to drop close the net and Bingjiao can't respond to it in time.

Sindhu 9-7 Bingjiao

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Three consecutive points for Sindhu with one coming after Bingjiao sent the shuttle long and the other when the Chinese hit her smash into the net.

Sindhu 8-6 Bingjiao

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Another fantastic net shot from Bingjiao in response to a net shot from Sindhu. Sindhu didn't follow up well to her net shot and paid the price. With that, the Chinese is now in the lead.

Sindhu 5-6 Bingjiao

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Bingjiao is coming forward well, using the net to push Sindhu to one corner to make a winning shot to the other. And with that, she levelled the first game at 5-5.

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

First four points of the match go to Sindhu with one coming after Bingjiao lost a challenge as well. However, Bingjiao came with a beautiful chopped net shot and gets her second point.

Sindhu 4-2 Bingjiao

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Bingjiao begins the match but it is the Indian who takes the first point with a deft drop shot.

He Bingjiao's Road to Bronze Medal Match

The Chinese girl had the easiest of campaigns in the group matches and the round of 16 clash, where her opponent — BW Zhang of USA retired from the match. Her first big challenge was against Nozomi Okuhara in the quarters, where she won in three games, 13-21, 21-13, 21-14. In semis she lost against fellow player Chen Yufei in three games.

PV Sindu's Road to Bronze Medal Match

She was completely outplayed in the semis by Tai Tzu. Despite leading for sometime in the first game, she could not gain momentum. After the Indian narrowly missed the first game, she was never able to come back in the second. She lost 18-21, 12-21.

Sindhu had a mixed game against Japanese Yamaguchi in the quarters. After winning the first game rather easily 21-13, Sindhu conceded 10 points from the 12 played in the second game. At one stage she was 14-8 up, but then trailed 18-14. Somehow she managed to pull things back.

Earlier, she was slotted in Group J with Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova and Ngan Yi Cheung of Hong Kong. While Sindhu got the better of Polikarpova 21-7 21-10, she defeated Cheung 21-9, 21-16. In the pre-quarterfinals stage, Sindhu outclassed Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt 21-15 21-13

PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao - Tokyo Olympics, Badminton

Sindhu and her opponent Bingjiao are both on the court. Bingjiao won the toss and elected to start on the far end of the court.