All England Open 2022: Lakshya Sen will get walkover into semis, Satwiksairaj-Chirag pair knocked out in quarters

All England Open 2022: While Lakshya Sen received a walkover into the boys’s singles semi-finals, top-ranked Indian pairing of Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty misplaced to Kevin Sukamuljo and Marcus Gideon within the quarter-final, their eleventh straight defeat in opposition to the World No. 1 pair from Indonesia.

Lakshya Sen progressed to the semi-final of All England Open 2022 (AP Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSLakshya Sen received a walkover to the boys’s singles semi-finalSatwik and Chirag misplaced 22-24, 17-21 to World No. 1 Sukamuljo and GideonGayatri Gopichand and Jolly Treesa additionally in fray in ladies’s doubles

India’s rising star Lakshya Sen has progressed to the semi-final of the distinguished All England Open 2022 after his Chinese opponent Lu Guang Zu gave a walkover from their quarter-final outing on Friday in Birmingham. The top-ranked Indian males’s singles shutter will get a much-needed break after a whirlwind European marketing campaign thus far.

Lakshya Sen will face the winner of the quarterfinal match between defending champion Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia and former World No. 1 Kento Momota of Japan on Saturday.

20-year-old Lakshya is India’s solely hope in singles on the All England Championships after the likes of PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth exited within the Round of 16 on Thursday.

Lakshya has been in very good type during the last 6 months because the Indian received the world championships bronze final yr earlier than profitable his maiden Super 500 title on the India Open earlier this yr. Last week, Lakshya surprised World No. 1 Viktor Axelsen to complete runners-up at German Open.

He has reached the semi-final on the All England after going previous World No. 3 Anders Antonsen and World No. 5 Anthony Ginting in straight video games in Birmingham.

11-0: THE DOUBLES HURDLE

Earlier within the day, India’s top-ranked males’s doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty misplaced to World No. 1 Kevin Sukamuljo and Marcus Gideon of Indonesia in a heartbreaking method. The Eighth-ranked Indian pair was ousted in straight video games however the scoreline does not inform the story of the battle that was on show.

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Satwiksairaj and Chirag put relentless strain on the ‘Minions’ within the opening recreation and had 5 recreation factors at 20-15. However, they suffered a meltdown which noticed them leak 6 straight factors. Eventually, the Indian pair misplaced the opening recreation 22-24 after a collection of rallies that left the Birmingham crowd awestruck.

Satwik and Chirag did effectively to remain within the contest regardless of the crushing loss within the opener. However, the top-ranked pairing received the job accomplished 24-22, 21-17 to progress to the semi-final of the boys’s doubles occasion.

Notably, that is Satwik and Chirag’s eleventh straight defeat on the tour to the Indonesian stars because the Indians are but to discover a approach to go previous the top-ranked pairing.