All England Badminton Championship 2025 Day 5: Indian Challenge Ends
The Indian challenge ended with both Lakshya Sen & Tressa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand could not cross the line in the quarterfinals of the Super 1000 All England Badminton Championship 2025 played at Birmingham on 14 th March. Lakshya Sen suffered a straight-game loss to Li Shifeng of China. The first game began with both players taking alternate points till 4-4. Li dominated the play not allowing any sniff to Lakshya keeping pressure with attacking shots. At the mid-game break, Li took a commanding 11-4 lead. After the interval, it was one-way traffic as the 6 th seeded Li maintained pressure winning the first game easily at 21-10. The second game began on an even keel with both players showing their class. Lakshya Sen fought back strongly keeping consistent pressure on Li. At the break, the Indian took an 11-8 lead. After the break, Li produced a superb comeback not allowing any chances for Sen to make a comeback by winning the 2 nd game with a scoreline of 21-16 ...