The world no.9 Jonatan Christie ended Lakshya Sen’s marketing campaign within the All England Open Badminton Championships 2024 with an exhilarating 12-21, 21-10, 15-21 win within the males’s singles semifinal in Birmingham on Saturday.
Lakshya Sen, the world no.19 and runner-up on the All England Open in 2022, went down simply within the opening set however made a shocking comeback within the second set with a dominant 21-10 win. He additionally took the 98-7 lead within the decider however the Indonesian star made a sensational comeback to take the set and recreation.
Christie is about to face compatriot Anthony Ginting, the world no.5, within the males’s singles remaining. With Lakshya’s exit, India’s problem on the prestigious BWF Tremendous 1000 event got here to an finish.
This was the third loss for Lakshya in 4 BWF encounters in opposition to Christie. Lakshya did not progress past the primary spherical in seven consecutive BWF tournaments final 12 months however has regained his type in 2024. He additionally reached the semifinal of the French Open Tremendous 750 the place he suffered a heartbreaking defeat in opposition to Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
Lakshya, 22, produced comeback wins in opposition to Anders Antonsen and Lee Zii Jia, the 2021 champion, within the final two rounds to enter the second consecutive BWF semifinal.
“I’m fairly dissatisfied with the end result however, general, the way in which I performed, certainly, I’ve the extent to be there and win the massive tournaments,” Lakshya stated after the loss. “I’ve been via some powerful patches earlier than this, however there was lot of help for me in social media however I could not do my finest at present. I made some straightforward errors.”
He was India’s solely hope for the title within the prestigious event after the world no.1 pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty’s shock exit within the spherical of 16 on Thursday. In ladies’s singles, PV Sindhu was knocked out by the world no.1 An Se Younger within the spherical of 16.
