Lakshya Sen creates history by winning gold medal in men’s singles
India’s Lakshya Sen faced Malaysia’s Jay Yong in the men’s singles badminton final of the Commonwealth Games 2022. Against this Malaysian player, Lakshya Sen, despite losing the first game, won the last two sets to win the match and created a new history by winning the gold medal in his first Commonwealth Games. Lakshya won the final match 19-21, 21-9, 21-16. Earlier, PV Sindhu also did wonders by winning gold in women’s singles.
First game
Lakshya Sen gave a great fight in the first set of the match. Malaysian player Jay Yong won the set 21-19 but Lakshya Sen also showed his mettle in this set and proved that he is in for a tough fight here.
Second game
In the second set, Lakshya, who was once lagging behind in the 9th point, showed great play to take a one-time lead 11-9. Whereas after some time the same lead became 14-9 and then from here he did not seem to stop, he did not give a single point to the opposing player after this and making the game 21-9 to his name, 1-1 in the match. Did it
Third game
In the third and deciding set, Lakshya Sen had once made an impressive 9-5 lead. But after the fifth point, the Malaysian took two points to reduce the lead to 7-9. Lakshya then won two points and extended the lead to 11-7. After this, Lakshya Sen went on to become stronger with a lead of 15-9. After the ninth point, the Malaysian made his points 11 with two points and continued to give a tough fight to the target. But in the final moments, Lakshya took the lead in a blazing fashion and won the match 2-1 at 21-16 and won the gold medal.
𝓖𝓞𝓛𝓓 𝓐𝓛𝓔𝓡𝓣 🚨
A pulsating performance from @lakshya_sen to continue his sublime form in 2022 and win the #CommonwealthGames🥇medal on debut. @himantabiswa | @sanjay091968
Incredible! 💪🔥#IndiaPhirKaregaSmash#B2022 #CWG2022 #Badminton#CommonwealthGames2022 pic.twitter.com/10kJzqpFBd
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 8, 2022
Lakshya Sen’s Senior International Badminton Career
- 2020 Asian Team Championships (Manil) – Men’s Team – Bronze Medal
- 2021 World Championships (Huelva) – Men’s Singles – Bronze Medal
- 2022 Thomas Cup (Bangkok) – Men’s Singles – Gold Medal
- 2022 Commonwealth Games (Birmingham) – Mixed Team – Silver Medal
- 2022 Commonwealth Games (Birmingham) – Men’s Singles – Gold Medal
