<p class="title">Bengaluru Blasters set up a potentially explosive championship match with Hyderabad Hunters, gritting their way to a hard-fought victory in the second semifinal of the third Vodafone Premier Badminton League at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Blasters' star player Viktor Axelsen and their Mixed Doubles' pair Kim Sa Rang & Sikki Reddy won the last two matches of the contest to beat a valiant Ahmedabad Smash Masters 3-2 (4-3 on points).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The final will take place on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, Taiwan's Tai Tzu Ying came back from an error-prone defeat in the first game, to win her crucial Trump match and keep the Smash Masters alive in the tie beating a fighting Kristy Gilmour (Scotland) 2-1.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Blasters' World No 1 Axelsen, however, levelled the tie 3-3, getting the better of HS Prannoy in the second Men's Singles. It proved to be an easy 15-11, 15-14 victory.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kim Sa Rang & Sikki Reddy beat Law Cheuk Him & Kamilla Rytter Juhl 15-12, 13-15, 15-9 to the delight of the Blasters' fans.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's Sourabh Verma set the ball rolling for the Smash Masters, overcoming Malaysia's Chong Wei Feng 2-15-2, 14-15, 15-10.</p>
<p class="title">Bengaluru Blasters set up a potentially explosive championship match with Hyderabad Hunters, gritting their way to a hard-fought victory in the second semifinal of the third Vodafone Premier Badminton League at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Blasters' star player Viktor Axelsen and their Mixed Doubles' pair Kim Sa Rang & Sikki Reddy won the last two matches of the contest to beat a valiant Ahmedabad Smash Masters 3-2 (4-3 on points).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The final will take place on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, Taiwan's Tai Tzu Ying came back from an error-prone defeat in the first game, to win her crucial Trump match and keep the Smash Masters alive in the tie beating a fighting Kristy Gilmour (Scotland) 2-1.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Blasters' World No 1 Axelsen, however, levelled the tie 3-3, getting the better of HS Prannoy in the second Men's Singles. It proved to be an easy 15-11, 15-14 victory.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kim Sa Rang & Sikki Reddy beat Law Cheuk Him & Kamilla Rytter Juhl 15-12, 13-15, 15-9 to the delight of the Blasters' fans.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's Sourabh Verma set the ball rolling for the Smash Masters, overcoming Malaysia's Chong Wei Feng 2-15-2, 14-15, 15-10.</p>