All England Badminton Championships Day 2: Sindhu moves into the quarterfinals, Lakshya Sen loses in the 2nd round
The young Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen lost out to Denmark Victor
Axselen in two straight games at 17-21, 18-21 in the 2nd round of
the prestigious All England Badminton Championships played at Arena, Birmingham
on Thursday.
It was a hard-fought match between Lakshya and the experienced
Danish player. Victor engaged Sen in long rallies, but the Indian stayed well
enough to stayed which put the opponents under pressure.
The young Indian mixed
defence with aggression as he emerged right on a long 50 plus rallies. Axselen
held his nerves to stay ahead on a three-point lead on a couple of occasion.
Every time, the Danish player looked to dominate, the Indian came back strongly
to comeback into the match. Eventually Victor won the first game easily at 21-17.
In the second game, Axselen opened a 6-2 lead in the early
stages. Lakshya showed great fighting spirit to come back into the game and had put pressure on Axselen taking charge on couple of occasions. The Dane experience
came to fore as a long rally helped the Dane player to win it easily. The match
went for 45 minutes. Sen had defeated higher ranked Lee Chik Yu of Hong Kong in
three sets during first round match yesterday.
The World Championship PV Sindhu defeated Sung Ji Hyun of
South Korea in two straight sets to move into the quarterfinals by 21-19, 21-15.
It was a dominating performance by the Indian who looked in complete control
right from word go. In the first game, Sindhu had an early 8-5 and maintained the
lead at 11-7 at the interval. After the interval, Sung fought back strongly to
reduce the gap and fought till 19-19. The Indian showed great fighting spirit
to win the first game at 21-19.
In the second game, Sindhu showed her dominating display
with great smashes and drop shots not allowing Sung to enter the game. At the
interval, the Indian had a dominating lead. After the interval, the Korean
tried her best, but Sindhu was in complete control to win the 2nd
set at 21-15 to move into quarterfinals.
Sindhu had won 4 successive points in a row as compared to 3
by Sung Ji Hyun. The match went till 49 minutes. The World Championship Sindhu
will take on Nozomi Okhuara tomorrow.
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