Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy
Indian players are performing very well in Paris Olympics 2024. In badminton singles, HS Prannoy has entered the round of 16 by defeating Lee Duc Phat. He won the match 2-1. Although he lost the set. After that he made a strong comeback and won the match. Now he will face Lakshya Sen in the pre-quarterfinals.
was defeated in the first set
HS Prannoy did not seem to be in his rhythm in the first set. The Vietnamese player performed well in the first set. Prannoy also made many mistakes, for which he had to pay the price by losing the set. He lost the first set 16-21. This made it seem that he would lose the match easily. But then he made a great comeback in the second set and showed his class and presented a strong game. In the second set, Prannoy won 21-11 and equalized the match score to 1-1.
After this, he started to take the lead with a stormy start in the third set. In the third set, he defeated Vietnam’s Le Duc Phat 21-12 and won the match along with the set. With the match win, he has reached the pre-Carter final. Where he will be seen facing Lakshya Sen of India. In this way, only one Indian player will be able to reach the quarter finals.
Lakshya Sen defeated Jonatan Christie
Lakshya Sen performed brilliantly and confirmed his place in the pre-quarterfinals by defeating Indonesia’s best player Jonathan Christie in two consecutive sets. Lakshya, who was trailing a bit in the beginning of the first set, later made a comeback and won it 21-18. In the second set, Lakshya did not give Jonathan any chance to make a comeback and won it 21-12.
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