All England Open Badminton Championships 2024 Semi-Final Highlights: Lakshya Sen Goes Down Fighting To Jonatan Christie
All England Open Badminton Championship 2024 Semi-final Highlights: Lakshya Sen lost his men's singles semi-final match to Jonatan Christie in the deciding game.
- NDTV Sports Desk
- Updated:March 16, 2024 10:30 pm IST
All England Open Badminton Championship 2024 Semi-final Highlights: Lakshya Sen lost his men's singles semi-final match to Jonatan Christie of Indonesia at the All England Open Badminton Championships on Saturday. The contest entered the deciding game where Christie won it 21-15. The Indonesian badminton star won the first game 21-12 but Sen made good comeback to seal the second game by an even better margin of 21-10. The decider was intially dominated by Sen before Christie took over and never looked back.
Here are the Highlights of the Men's Singles Semi-Final match at All England Open Badminton Championships:
- 22:22 (IST)All England Open Live: Lakshya Sen loses!Heartbreak for Lakshya Sen! He is out of the All England Open Badminton Championships with a loss in the deciding game. Sen lost the contest 12-21, 21-10, 15-21 to bow out of the competition.
Not to be this time for Lakshya
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) March 16, 2024
But yet another week to be proud of. Onwards and upwards champ
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- 21:39 (IST)
- 21:21 (IST)All England Open Live: Sen trails by a fair margin!Jonatan Christie is leadinf 11-7 at the break in the first game. The contest started with a tight battle between both the players but by the break, Christie has simply dominated Lakshya Sen. It was 6 all at one point. Sen earned just one while Christie took 5.
- 21:04 (IST)All England Open Live: Sen's match set to start now!Japan's Akane Yamaguchi registered a hard-fought three-game win over South Korea's An Se-young to enter the final of women's singles. She won the contest 21-10, 19-21, 21-14. Lakshya Sen is now to be seen in action on Court 1. Get ready folks!
- 20:53 (IST)All England Open Live: Sen aim for second final!If Lakshya Sen goes on to beat Jonatan Christie in the upcoming match, he will be entering the All England Open final for a second time in his career. Sen made it to the summit clash at the event for the first time in 2022 where he lost to Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in straight sets.
- 20:33 (IST)All England Open Live: More time for Sen's match to startThe women's singles semi-final match between Japan's Akane Yamaguchi and South Korea's An Se-young at Court 1 has entered the deciding game. Only after the end of this contest, it will be Lakshya Sen playing in the men's singles semi-final match. A bit of more wait!
- 20:28 (IST)All England Open Live: Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in finalEarlier, Indonesian's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting beat France's Christo Popov to enter the final of men's singles match. This means the winner between Sen and Christie will set up a clash with Sinisuka Ginting.
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting goes up against an in-form Christo Popov #BWFWorldTour #AllEngland2024 pic.twitter.com/0MVlBpPHnx
— BWF (@bwfmedia) March 16, 2024 - 20:09 (IST)All England Open Live: Sen set for the semi-final!World no. 18 Lakshya Sen, the reigning Commonwealth Games champion, will take on Indonesia's world no. 9 Jonatan Christie in the semifinals at Court 1 in just some time from now. Fasten your seat belts for the thriller encounter coming next!
- 19:53 (IST)All England Open Live: How much more time for Sen's match?Japan's Akane Yamaguchi is currently playing against South Korea's An Se-young in the women's singles semi-final match at Court 1. After the end of this contest, it will be Lakshya Sen playing in the men's singles semi-final match. Stay connected!
- 19:40 (IST)All England Open Live: Sen after winning quarter-final match -"It was a really good match and happy to be on winning side. It was all about keeping the nerve. I knew he has the quality to comeback and give a tough fight," Sen said. "Even when I was 18-14 up, I knew if I play a little bit lose, he will grab the opportunity. For me, it was important to dictate the pace. In the end, it was about not giving him an open chance to hit and keep the shuttle down."
The focus is clear, the goal is near!
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) March 16, 2024
: @badmintonphoto#AllEngland2024#IndiaontheRise#Badminton pic.twitter.com/INhXF7otFp - 19:29 (IST)All England Open Live: Sen in red-hot form!Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen continued his impressive run at the All England Open 2024 badminton men's singles event with a hard-fought win over Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in the quarter-final on Friday. The runner-up at the 2022 edition of the All England Open prevailed over the 2021 champion 20-22, 21-16, 21-19 in one hour and 10 minutes. This was Sen's fourth win over the Malaysian shuttler in five head-to-head meetings.
- 19:26 (IST)Welcome guys!Hello everyone, welcome the live blog of All England Open Badminton Championships. India's Lakshya Sen will take on Indonesia's Jonatan Christie in the men's singles semi-final match. Stay connected for the live score and updates related to the clash.
Semifinal saturday ft. Lakshya
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) March 16, 2024
Go well champ
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