All England Open Badminton: Sen missed out on creating history
India’s star badminton player Lakshya Sen lost to Indonesia’s Jonathan Christie in the three-game All England Championships men’s singles semi-finals here on Saturday. With this, India’s wait to win the All England Championship trophy increased again.
Defeated by world number nine player
22-year-old Sen was the runner-up here in 2022. He lost to 2019 Asian Games gold medalist and world number nine Christie in the semi-finals 21-12, 10-21, 15-21. Sen had also reached the semi-finals of the French Open Super 750 tournament last week and his journey ended in the semi-finals for the second consecutive week.
Defeated Li Ji Jiao in the quarter finals
Let us tell you that Lakshya Sen entered the last-4 by defeating former champion Lee Ji Geo of Malaysia in the quarter-finals of men’s singles in the All England Championship. 22 year old Lakshya Sen made a strong comeback after falling behind in the first game and won after a tough fight of 71 minutes. Sen will face world number-9 Jonathan Christie of Indonesia in the semi-finals.
