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All England Badminton Championship 2024: Lakshya Sen Stun Lee To Ensure Medal

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  Lakshya Sen produced a stunning effort to beat Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in three thrilling games during the quarterfinals of the All-England Badminton Championship 2024 played in Birmingham on 15 th March 2024. The Indian began the first game on an aggressive note taking a 5-1 lead. Sen looked in control with drop shots that put Malaysian off guard. Lee made a strong comeback to put pressure on Lakshya. Sen showed his skills by taking an 11-7 lead at the mid-game break. After the break, Lee made a strong comeback with some lovely smashes and leveled the score at 12-12. The match ebbed and flowed as Lee took a 20-17 lead before Sen saved three match points to level the scores at 20-20. Lee held onto his nerves to win the first game at 22-20. It was a shaky start for Lakshya Sen as he committed a few unforced errors. After the initial stages, Sen took 5 wickets in succession to take the lead. Both players fought for each point, but the Indian had an 11-9 lead at the mid-game br...

All England Badminton Championship 2021: Indian shuttlers performance on day 2

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  It was a mixed day as 3 Indian shuttlers made into the quarterfinals of the Super 1000 All England Badminton Championship 2021 played at Birmingham on Thursday. In the opening match at Court number 1, HS Prannoy lost to World number 1 Kento Momota in two straight games. The first game saw both shuttlers play attacking badminton putting the opponents under pressure. After the initial struggle, Momota was too strong in his defense and attack making life tough for the Indian. From 7-6 up, the Japanese took an 11-7 lead at the interval. After the break, Momota maintained the domination over Prannoy and won the first game at 21-15. The second game saw HS Prannoy showed aggressive intent and put Momota under pressure with smashes, but Momota kept the Indian under good pressure. At the mid-game interval, Prannoy led 11-9. After the break, Japanese took 7 points in succession including 2 successive reviews and won it easily by 21-14 to move into the quarterfinals. The mixed doubles p...

All England Badminton Championship 2021: Indian shuttlers performance on day 1

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  It was a good day outing for the Indian shuttlers as most of them made it into the 2 nd round of the prestigious Super 1000 All England Badminton Championship played at Birmingham, England on Wednesday. Men’s Singles India’s top male shuttler Kidambi Srikanth was shocked by Nhat Nguyen of Ireland in three games. It was an even start for both players taking alternate points before Nguyen showed his class and put the Indian under pressure with his smashes. At the mid-game interval, Ireland player had an 11-6 lead. After the break, the Irish player continued his domination and won the first game easily at 21-11. Kidambi Srikanth made a strong comeback in the second game putting the Irish under immense pressure and winning it easily at 21-15 forcing the match into the decider. In the decider, the Indian could not provide any resistance and lost the 3 rd game easily at 12-21. Parupalli Kashyap lost to World number 1 Kento Momota of Japan in two straight games. In the opening...