All England Badminton Semi-Finals Live Score: Can Lakshya Sen overcome Jonatan Chrie and make it to the final? | Badminton News
All England Open Badminton Semi-Finals Live Score: Lakshya Sen will face Jonatan Chrie in the semifinal of the All England Open Badminton on Saturday after defeating Malaysian Lee Zii Jia in three games in the quarter-final. Lakshya has made it to the final once in the past at the prestigious All England Championships was a final at the prestigious All England championships last year.
After losing the first game 20-22 in the quarterfinal, he won the second game 21-16 and claimed the third game 21-19 to wrap up the 71-minute encounter. The Malaysian had claimed the first game 22-20 after 23 minutes of fast-paced badminton. The Indian had held leads in the mid-game intervals of both games against Malaysia’s Lee.
Lakshya was trailing 2-8 against World No 4 Anders Antonsen in the deciding third game in Birmingham on Thursday, before overcoming the fourth seed from Denmark 20-22, 21-13, 21-11 in a 78-minute thriller. The 21-year-old Lakshya won men’s singles gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham but has since been searching for form after nasal surgery disrupted his progress at the end of 2022.
The other Indians in the fray on Thursday all lost out, leaving Lakshya the only Indian in action on Friday. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, fresh from winning the French Open title last week, crashed out as did PV Sindhu, who was vanquished South Korea’s An Se Young.
Scroll down to catch all the live updates from All England Open Badminton Championships 2023, brought to you Amit Kamath, Vinayakk Mohanarangan and our badminton expert, Shivani Naik. You can also read our preview, our piece on the talking points for the Indian contingent, and a piece on everything you need to know ahead of the action starting.
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