India Open 2022: Lakshya Sen rallies strongly to make semi-finals

New Delhi: Lakshya Sen, the 20-year-old badminton sensation of India, showed that his World Championship bronze was no flash in the plan on Friday. The Almora-born youngster came back strongly for a win over HS Prannoy to make the last four while top seed PV Sindhu also took her designated spot in the semi-finals of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2022 in New Delhi.

Speaking later, Lakshya said: “(In the) first game both of us were playing really fast and the aggression was also there. After the second game we started to rally more and I was a lot more comfortable.” Lakshya will now face NG Tze Yong of Malaysia tomorrow.

The Indian combination will now face eighth seeded French combination of Fabien Delrue and William Villeger, who got the better of Ireland’s Joshua Magee and Paul Reynolds 21-9, 23-21 in the other quarter-finals.