All England Open Badminton Semi-Finals Live Score: Lakshya Sen is the only Indian to win the French Open title last week after Sathej Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out in the previous round, as did PV Sindhu.
All England Open Badminton Semi-Finals Live Score: Lakshya Sen pushed his All England semi-final to a third against Indonesia’s Jonathan Christie, fighting back from a 12-21 deficit in the first game to win the second 21-10.
Lisha was unstoppable in the second game, leading 17-4 at one point in the second game and closing out the decider without breaking a sweat. He returned the favor as it was the Indonesians who led 11-7 midway through the game to win the first game 21-12.
Lakshya reached the semi-finals after defeating Malaysia’s Li Jie Jia in three games in the quarter-finals on Friday.
Lakshya has reached the final of the prestigious All England Championship once in the past.
Lakshad Sen’s path to the All England semi-finals
After losing the first game 20–22 in the quarterfinals, Lasha won the second game 21–16 and claimed the third game 21–19 to end the 71-minute contest. The Malaysian demand the first game 22-20 after 23 minutes of fast-motion badminton. The Indian held a mid-game lead in both games against Malaysia’s Lee.
Lasha was 2-8 down against world No. 4 Anders Antonsen in the final third game in Birmingham on Thursday, before overcoming the Danish fourth seed 20-22, 21-13, 21-11 in a 78-minute thriller. The 21-year-old is aiming to win men’s singles gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham but is looking for form after nose surgery disrupted his progress towards the end of 2022.
All other Indians in the field on Thursday lost, leaving the only Indian target on Friday. Satheksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out of winning the French Open title last week, as did PV Sindhu, who was beaten by South Korea’s Ahn Se Young.
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All England Open Badminton Semi-Final Live Score: From Vinayak Mohanarangan
Christy has now found his rhythm. This might not matter much for the second game, but a little run of points for Jojo here could really matter. Lakshya spoke last night about how the rhythm he found in Game 2 helped him in Game 3 against Li Zijia despite losing.
All England Open Badminton Semi-Finals Live Score: From Shivani Naik
Sen from the rear guard! It’s a clever play or leave it. The next return holds the pressure. But the 18-7 Sen can afford some slick defense.
All England Open Badminton Semi-Finals Live Score: From Shivani Naik
Quick-Sen turn. It’s quite gobsmacking how he nicks his way. Mostly it’s getting harder and harder at the net and making dollys from mid court. 15-4
All England Open Badminton Semi-Final Live Score: What a turnaround
Here is different Laksh Sen! In the second game he raced from 4-3 to 17-4!
To give an example of how good he is here in the second installment, there was a point when he lifted the shuttle into a comfort zone for Christy. The Indonesians rise up and thunder into the target’s body. The Indian sent it back silently with a lazy flick of his wrist!
All England Open Badminton Semi-Final Live Score: From Vinayak Mohanarangan
Not very audible, coaching input. But Prakash Padukone could be heard telling Laksha to “play further down”, with the Indian now leading 11-3. Without a fall, it should be taken to a decision maker