lakshya sen
Lakshya Sen Badminton: Lakshya Sen is playing his first Olympics. He defeated Kevin Cordon in his first match of Paris Olympics 2024. But the Guatemalan player withdrew from the Olympics due to an elbow injury. After this, all his results were ‘deleted’. In this way, Lakshya Sen’s first victory was wasted. After Kevin Cordon’s withdrawal, now only three players are left in Group L. Earlier four players were making a claim. Now Lakshya Sen has defeated Belgium’s Julien Caregi in Group L of Men’s Singles after a slow start.
Lakshya Sen will face Jonatan Christie on July 31
India’s world number 18 Lakshya Sen defeated world number 52 Caregi 21-19, 21-14 in 43 minutes. Former World Championship bronze medalist Lakshya will now face world number 3 Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in his last group match on July 31. This match will decide the player who will make it to the pre-quarterfinals from Group L as so far both Christie and Lakshya have won one match each while Caregi has been eliminated after losing both his matches.
Got tough competition from Julian Carregi
Lakshya was expected to register an easy win against Julian Caregi but he faced tough competition from the Belgian player, especially in the first game. Lakshya also made many unforced errors, which made his path difficult. He lost points by hitting many shots on and off the net. Caregi took advantage of Lakshya’s mistakes in the first game and maintained the lead most of the time, but the Indian player managed to register a win by maintaining composure at crucial moments.
Lakshya Sen made many mistakes in the match
Commonwealth Games gold medalist Lakshya Sen started the match well and took a 4-2 lead but later Julian Carregi managed to take a lead of 8-5. Lakshya hit some shots out during this time while Carregi’s cross court smash was also powerful. But he kept Carregi under constant pressure and managed to make the score first 14-15 and then 16-17. The Indian player finally equalized the score at 18-18. Lakshya got the game point at a score of 20-19 when Carregi hit a shot out and then won the first game in 22 minutes with a powerful smash. Lakshya dominated in the second game as well and won the game in a great style and also won the match.
(Input: PTI)
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