Lakshya Sen is just the fifth Indian to succeed in the ultimate of the celebrated badminton match
Lakshya Sen is just the fifth Indian to succeed in the ultimate of the celebrated badminton match
Lakshya Sen’s dream run on the All England Championships ended with a heartbreaking straight-game loss in opposition to world primary and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen within the males’s singles last, persevering with India’s 21-year-long agonising look forward to the coveted trophy.
After 4 days of sensational badminton, the 20-year-old Sen faltered on the cusp of historical past as he dedicated too many errors to go down 10-21 15-21 to former champion Axelsen in a lop-sided summit conflict that lasted 53 minutes on the Barclaycard Enviornment.
Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen celebrates on the rostrum with trophy after profitable the boys’s singles last of All England Open 2022 at Utilita Enviornment, Birmingham, Britain on March 20, 2022.
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On Saturday, Sen had turn out to be solely the fifth Indian after Prakash Nath (1947), Prakash Padukone (1980, 1981), Pullela Gopichand (2001) and Saina Nehwal (2015) to succeed in the ultimate of the celebrated match after outwitting defending champion Lee Zii Jia in a gruelling semifinal.
Every week again, Sen had recorded his first win over former world champion Axelsen en path to his last look on the German Open however he could not maintain his craft on Sunday as his highly-fancied rival returned the favours, claiming his fifth general win in opposition to the Indian.
Whereas 2020 winner Axelsen claimed the boys’s singles title for the second time, Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi gained the ladies’s singles crown, beating South Korea’s An Seyoung 21-15 21-15 within the last.
Regardless of the loss, it has been a creditable efficiency for Sen, who continues to be in his early days in elite-level badminton.
A product of the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy in Bengaluru, Sen has been in sensational type within the final six months.
He secured his maiden world championships bronze in December final, earlier than profitable his first Tremendous 500 title at India Open in January and ending runner-up on the German Open final week.
