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All England Badminton Championships: Lakshya Sen runs out of steam in semis | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] India’s long drought at the All England badminton championships continued as Lakshya Sen lost in the semifinals of the blue riband event in Birmingham, England, on Saturday. Sen fought hard before he lost his rhythm in the third game and suffered a 12-21, 21-10, 15-21 defeat to Jonatan Christie of Indonesia. After losing the first game, Lakshya recovered to win the second game with a big margin.Even in the third game, he was up 3-0. But Christie clawed his way back in the contest, relying mostly on his jump smashes. He first played long rallies and after wearing out his rival, executed full-blooded smashes. When Lakshya was up 6-4, Christie engaged him in the longest rally of the match, a 63-shot exchange, and won it. That changed the complexion of the match. Till then, Lakshya ap...
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All England Badminton: Lakshya Sen loses steam for another semifinal exit, but the good thing is he knows what to fix

[ad_1] Taking the scenic route to a destination is not the worst of things. The journey can be beautiful. But in sports, sometimes, it can prove costly. Lakshya Sen would know that all too well after his exertions of the last two weeks in Europe.On Saturday, the 22-year-old from Almora in the hill-state of Uttarakhand gave himself another uphill task after a slow start. He recovered, briefly threatening to pull off another fabulous comeback, but ran out of steam against Indonesia’s former World No 2 Jonatan Christie. Lakshya bowed out of the All England Open Badminton Championships after a 12-21, 21-10, 15-21 defeat in 68 minutes. That’s now back-to-back semifinal defeats for Lakshya over a fortnight when he played 9 hours and 19 minutes of badminton over eight matches, spending an avera...
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All England Badminton Semi-Finals Live Score: Can Lakshya Sen overcome Jonatan Christie and make it to the final?

[ad_1] All England Open Badminton Semi-Finals Live Score: Lakshya Sen will face Jonatan Christie in the semifinal of the All England Open Badminton on Saturday after defeating Malaysian Lee Zii Jia in three games in the quarter-final. Lakshya has made it to the final once in the past at the prestigious All England Championships. Lakshya Sen’s path to the All England semis After losing the first game 20-22 in the quarterfinal, Lakshya won the second game 21-16 and claimed the third game 21-19 to wrap up the 71-minute encounter. The Malaysian had claimed the first game 22-20 after 23 minutes of fast-paced badminton. The Indian had held leads in the mid-game intervals of both games against Malaysia’s Lee. Lakshya was trailing 2-8 against World No 4 Anders Antonsen in the deciding third g...
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All England Badminton Quarter-Final Live Score: Lakshya Sen defeats Lee Zii Jia in three games

[ad_1] All England Open Badminton Quarter-Final Live Score: Lakshya Sen defeated Lee Zii Jia in three games after pushing his All England quarter-final against the Malaysian into a decider. After losing the first game 20-22, he won the second game 21-16 and claimed the third game 21-19 to wrap up the 71-minut encounter. The Malaysian had claimed the first game 22-20 after 23 minutes of fast-paced badminton. The Indian had held leads in the mid-game intervals of both games against Malaysia’s Lee. Lakshya was a finalist at the prestigious All England championships last year while Lee has won the title once in the past. Lakshya was trailing 2-8 against World No 4 Anders Antonsen in the deciding third game in Birmingham on Thursday, before overcoming the fourth seed from Denmark 20-22, 21-...
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Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela fall to Korea’s Baek Na Ha and Lee So Hee at All England semis

[ad_1] The Indian pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela fell to Korea’s Baek Na Ha and Lee So Hee at the All England semifinal on Saturday. The pair were defeated 21-10, 21-10 in straight sets by their Korean counterparts. On Friday, the World number 17 pair had defeated Li Wen Mei and Liu Xuan Xuan 21-14, 18-21, 21-12 in the quarterfinals. Before that, they had staged an upset, taking down the former world number one pair of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota 21-14, 24-22 in a second round contest. In the first round, they had stunned Thailand’s, Jongkolphan Kitiiharakul and Rawinda Prajongai. It was almost the perfect doubles victory on Friday. Treesa dipping into her sack of delightful tricks from all around the court, and Gayatri matching her with smooth set-ups and kills ...
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‘We’re going for the title’: Gayatri Gopichand says after making All England badminton semis with Treesa Jolly

[ad_1] The Indian women’s doubles pairing of Gayatri Gopichand Pullela and Treesa Jolly entered their second successive semi-finals of the All England Championships on Friday and the former boldly proclaimed that they were eyeing the title. The Indians needed three games to shrug off the challenge of China’s Li Wen Mei and Liu Xuan Xuan, winning 21-14, 18-21, 21-12 to set up a clash against the Korean pair of Baek Na Ha and Lee So Hee in the semi-finals on Saturday. Only two Indians have even won at the prestigious tournament: Prakash Padukone in 1980, and Gayatri’s father, Pullela Gopichand, in 2001 twenty one years later. Three Indians have come within touching distance of winning the event: Prakash Nath in 1947, Saina Nehwal in 2015 and Lakshya Sen last year, all three losing in the f...
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All England Badminton Championships 2023: When and where to watch India matches, tv telecast and live streaming info

[ad_1] All England Badminton Championships 2023 Live Streaming: India’s top badminton players will be in action at the All England Badminton Championships 2023 which will begin from March 14 and culminate on March 19 in Birmingham. India’s top badminton star PV Sindhu will be in action and so will be other shuttler. Returning from injuries and battling indifferent form, they will have to play out of their skins to end the country’s agonising wait for a title at the All England Championships. In the illustrious history of the All England Badminton Championships, only two Indians have so far claimed the top honour, with Pullela Gopichand’s men’s singles triumph in 2001 coming 21 years after Prakash Padukone’s men’s singles title in 1980. While Lakshya Sen came close to securing the crown ...
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In women’s singles, winning All England title will be tougher than the Olympics

[ad_1] Blasphemous as it sounds, but it might be easier to win the Olympics than it is to win the All England this year if you are a women’s singles player. Let’s take you on a breathless matrix of head-to-head scores of various contenders, that is the gold-churning cauldron called women’s singles ahead of the Super 1000 tournament at Arena Birmingham, which begins on March 14. After a couple of years of some top names missing out either due to Covid or more owing to busted knees, the WS draw this year is a full-house with patched back joints and tendons and gleaming ambitions. Carolina Marin is back in full fitness. If familiarity is your thing, it is important to note that PV Sindhu and Nozomi Okuhara – those World Champions from the last decade, start unseeded this year, so crammed is...
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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy set to return for All England Badminton Championships | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] JAIPUR: There is some good news for the badminton fans. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will be back on the court soon after recovering completely from his injury.Doubles specialist Satwik is set to play the All-England Championships which will be held in Birmingham from March 14 to 19.The 22-year-old Satwik was out of action for more than a month after suffering an injury during the India Open in New Delhi on January 19. Defending champions Satwik and Chirag Shetty had to withdraw from the India Open Super 750 after the former pulled his left hip adductor.The star Indian pair was scheduled to face China’s Liu Yu Chen and Ou Xuan Yi in the second round.While Satwik was recovering from his injury, Chirag had to play with a new partner Dhruv Kapila during the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Champ...
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PV Sindhu parts ways with coach Park Tae-Sang; to be helped by ex-All England champion Hafiz Hashim

[ad_1] Mumbai: PV Sindhu and coach Park Tae-Sang decided to part ways, after a string of disappointing results forced a reshuffle in her team. The coach returned from Korea where he was tending to his ill father recently, and announced the decision on Instagram. “I’d like to talk about my relationship with PV Sindhu, which many people have asked about. She has made disappointing moves in all recent matches and as a coach I feel responsible. So she wanted to change and said she would find a new coach. “I decided to respect and follow her decision. I’m sorry I can’t be with her until the next Olympics, but now I’m going to support her from afar. I will remember every moment with her. I would like to thank everyone who has been supporting and encouraging me.” Sindhu won the Tokyo Olympics b...