Young Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen placed on a stellar efficiency to beat Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsern in an exciting three-game match to enter the semi-finals of the Hylo Open Super 500 right here. World quantity 21 Lakshya registered a 21-18, 12-21, 21-19 win over three-time junior world champion Vitidsern on Friday evening. He joined fellow Indian Kidambi.
Srikanth within the semi-final, who defeated Ng Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong. 2019 champion Lakshya will tackle Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew within the semi-finals. The 20-year-old, who claimed 5 titles in 2019, did nicely on the Denmark Open and French Open with a second spherical and quarter-finals respectively.
And that is one other one!
For one other QF win. 2019 Champion Lakshya Sen skilled double enjoyment of QF after defeating Kunlavut Vitidasaran in 3 units.
He fought onerous for the win however his trendy cross-court smashes and spectacular court docket protection have been onerous to deal with. pic.twitter.com/gvQNLUceds
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The Almora shuttler was pressured to drag out of the occasion final 12 months after his father and coach DK Sen examined optimistic for COVID-19. Lakshya entered the match with a 2-3 face-off file and fought for an hour and 18 minutes in opposition to Vitidsern, who’s ranked twenty fourth on the planet.
The Indian took an 8-3 lead instantly and took an 11-8 lead until the break. The Thai shuttler tried to show the desk however the goal was all the time forward and gained the primary recreation comfortably. Lakhya additionally received off to begin within the second recreation to guide 8-5, however Vitidsern took a two-point benefit on the interval and put his nostril ahead to make a powerful comeback. The decisive bout was an in depth battle with the pair preventing tooth and nail. If Lakshya have been up 9-6, Vitidsearn held on to 11-11 after the break and held on to 13-14.
The Indian quickly grabbed 5 match factors, however Vitidsern created hassle for the goal, scoring 4 straight factors. However, Lakshya saved his cool to complete on the profitable facet. The event was beforehand known as the SaarLorLux Open.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
