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All England: Lakshya Sen’s smash comes to the fore in clinical win over World No.3 Antonsen
Sen has become a pivot around which Indian performances on the international circuit have revolved in the last three months. (File)
Lakshya Sen had just 5 hard-hit smashes during his upset win over Danish World No.3 Anders Antonsen at the All England. The 21-16, 21-18 Round 2 win that helped him enter the quarters was yet another impeccable execution of a plan, drawn out in bold strokes to unsettle badminton’s topmost perch of players. A stealthy bobcat has been firmly set amongst fluttering eagles.
Of those 5 full throttle smashes, 4 brought Sen points. It was in the chiselled, sculpted, near-filigreed brass-work of the half-smashes that he used, in a deft shift in strategy, that a bonafide Top 5 was frustrated and quelled. The judicious use of those 5 hits seats Sen on the Top 10 high-table, on the brink of officially entering that space as World No 11. [Read More]