Badminton News

At $75K SaarLorLux Open 2019, Saarbrücken, Germany (BWF Tour Super 100)

[R1] Kiran George (IND,156) bt Hai Chao Liu (CHN,83) 21-17 21-13
[R1] (8) Lakshya Sen (IND,51) bye

[R2] Kiran George (IND,156) bt (6) Toma Junior Popov (FRA,77) 21-18 21-11
[R2] (8) Lakshya Sen (IND,51) bt Eetu Heino (FIN,89) 21-18 18-21 22-20

[R3] Kiran George (IND,156) bt Joran Kweekel (NED,140) 21-14 21-16
[R3] (8) Lakshya Sen (IND,51) bt Lars Schaenzler (GER,171) w/o

[QF] Kiran George (IND,156) bt Christo Popov (FRA,202) 21-14 23-21
[QF] (8) Lakshya Sen (IND,51) bt Max Weisskirchen (GER,192) 21-13 21-16

[SF] (8) Lakshya Sen (IND,51) bt Kiran George (IND,156) 21-13 14-21 21-9

Men's Singles Final
(8) Lakshya Sen (IND,51) bt Hong Yang Weng (CHN,102) 17-21 21-18 21-16

Lakshya lifted his second BWF Tour Super 100 title beating his Chinese opponent Hong Yang Weng ... In their last 2 meetings, he lost against Weng but here, after losing the first game he made a superb comeback for completing the win ... With this win, Lakshya will be ranked near the top-40 in updated rankings.

Lakshya Sen and Kiran George from Prakash Padukone Academy training with Morten Frost in Denmark for 3 months ... This week, both participated in the BWF Tour Super 100 in Germany ... Both faced each other in the semis and Lakshya scored 3 games win over Kiran.