All England 2022: Lakshya stuns Antonsen to succeed in quarters, Sindhu and Saina exit in Round of 16

Lakshya Sen is constant to indicate indicators of an important future in males’s singles badminton. On Thursday, the 20-year-old Indian shutter took out World No. 3 Anders Antonsen in straight video games in a present of sophistication and composure to succeed in the quarter-final of the celebrated All England Open Championship 2022.

Meanwhile, PV Sindhu exited the Super 1000 event as early because the 2nd spherical after dropping to lower-ranked Sayaka Takahashi of Japan 19-21, 21-16, 17-21. India’s ladies’s singles marketing campaign ended early as Saina Nehwal was additionally knocked out after a preventing defeat to Akane Yamaguchi in 3 video games on Thursday.

Lakshya Sen defeated third seed Anders Antonsen 21-17, 21-18 in 55 minutes in a reciting Round of 16 match in Birmingham. The Indian shuttler’s win comes a day after in-form Antonsen defeated reigning world champion, Loh Kean Yew of Singapore, within the first spherical.

Lakshya showcased impeccable defence as Antonssen’s tempo didn’t bother him all through the competition. After taking the opening sport, Sen needed to get his fingers taped as he was bleeding. However, he saved his deal with the duty at hand. He lead 11-7 on the break solely to permit Antonsen 7 straight factors however the Indian shutter regained composure and didn’t permit the large Dane to run away with the sport.

Be it web play or smashes from the again of the courtroom, Lakshya displayed extraordinary ability stage to dispose the two-time world championships medalist.

Ranked 11, the best place for an Indian males’s singles shutter, Lakshya will subsequent face the winner of the 2nd-round match between Ng Ka Long and Lu Guang Zu.

Lakshya’s rise has been unimaginable over the previous few months because the Indian star gained a bronze finally 12 months’s world championships. He then gained his maiden Super 500 title at India Open earlier this 12 months earlier than reaching the ultimate finally week’s German Open whereby he defeated reigning Olympic champion, Viktor Axelsen.

SAINA GOES DOWN FIGHTING

Meanwhile, veteran Saina Nehwal, who had been struggling to seek out type within the current previous, confirmed indicators of her classic self in a hard-fought second-round defeat (14-21, 21-17, 17-21) to world champion Akane Yamaguchi.

Saina, who defeated Beatriz Corrales in straight video games on Wednesday, was blown away within the opening sport by Yamaguchi, the 2nd seed. However, the London Olympics bronze medalist fought again to power a decider.

It appeared as if Saina would go down cheaply within the third sport because the Japanese star had raced to a 11-3 lead however Saina fought again and gained 16 extra factors earlier than taking place 21-17.

Later on Thursday, PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and the lads’s doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will battle for quarter-final spots on the prestigious event.