Dutch Open: Lakshaya Sen cruise to the finals with an easy win over Felix Burestedt

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The young Indian shuttler Lakshaya Sen defeated Sweden Felix Burestedt in two straight sets at 21-12, 21-9 to move into the finals of the Super 100 Dutch Open played at Alemere, Netherlands on Saturday.

It was a dominating performance by Sen who outplayed his Swedish opponent right from word go and made life tough for him. Both players fought for each point till 6-6. Sen produced a dominating display to take 5 points in succession to lead 11-6 at the interval. After the interval, there was no looking back for the young Indian shuttler and won the first set easily at 21-12.
It was a one-sided affair in the second game as Sen raced towards an 8-0 lead. The Indian continued to dominate the Swedish opponent and won the game easily at 21-9. Sen showed his class with aggressive badminton and never allowed his opponent to comeback into the match. He will take on Yusuke Onondera in the finals tomorrow.

Lakshaya produced a dominating display in the semi-finals as he defeated teammate Rahul Bhardwaj in two straight sets at 21-9, 21-16 to enter into the finals of the tournament. Sen had a great outing so far in the tournament beating N Ngyuen of Ireland in the first round by 21-19, 21-17.

In the second round, Sen defeated O Gurrero in two straight games by 21-12, 21-12 to move into the third round. He continued his superb form with another two straight game victory over Brazil Yugur Colhero to move into the quarterfinals.

The Indians had a decent tournament as Rahul Bhardwaj reached the quarterfinals. Sameer Verma was knocked out in the third round.

It is going to be a cracker of contest in the finals as both players would be looking to fight it out to win the title.   

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Sen into the finals of Dutch Open 2019 

Location: Bangalore

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