Paris Olympics: India's Lakshya Sen moves step closer to medal as ace shuttler enters semis in men's badminton
Paris Olympics: India's Lakshya Sen moves step closer to medal as ace shuttler enters semis in men's badminton
India’s ace shuttler Lakshya Sen has entered the semifinal of the men’s singles in badminton at the Paris Olympics after a comeback win against Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien-Chen. The win sees him one step closer to the medal as he needs a win to guarantee at least a silver medal at the Paris Olympics 2024. The India star won 19-21, 21-15, 21-12 to book his place in the semis, which guarantees him two shots at a medal at the Paris Olympics.
SENsational as always! And he’s into the Semi-finals! 1st Olympic Games appearance and one to remember. Let’s go all the way 💪🏼💪🏼#JeetKiAur | #Cheer4Bharat @lakshya_sen pic.twitter.com/SIs08Is2AH — Team India (@WeAreTeamIndia) August 2, 2024
Lakshya Sen in semis
Having seen a host of big names including PV Sindhu bow out of the Olympics in badminton yesterday, Lakshya did not disappoint in his quarterfinal match against the 12 seed Chou Tien-Chen. He lost a close opening game 21-19 despite giving a good account of himself. He held his nerves but a good defence from his opponent saw him being the second best.
However, in the second and third games, Lakshya did not repeat his mistakes and came back into the match. He would win the second game 21-15 and broke his opponent’s defence on multiple occasions. The third game was a one-sided contest as he pocketed the match in little over an hour.
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The win also means, that even if Lakshya loses the semifinal match he will enter the bronze medal contest giving him two chances to win a medal at the Olympics. If he succeeds in winning a medal for India he will also become the first Indian male badminton player to taste success at the Olympics. Only Saina Nehwal (2012 London) and PV Sindhu (2016 Rio silver, 2020 bronze in Tokyo) have won an Olympic medal in badminton for India. This will also mean India will have at least one medal from badminton in the last four Olympics.
On Thursday, India saw top shuttlers like Chirag-Satwik, HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu bow out before the medal rounds in a poor day for Indian badminton.