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At Badminton Asia Team Championships 2020, Manila, Philippines

Semi-Finals
India l Indonesia 2-3

[S1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,11) l Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,5) 6-21 retd.
[S2] Lakshya Sen (IND,31) bt Jonatan Christie (INA,7) 21-18 22-20
[D2] Arjun M.R. (IND)/ Dhruv Kapila (IND) l Mohammad Ahsan (INA)/ Hendra Setiawan (INA) 10-21 21-14 21-23
[S3] Subhankar Dey (IND,47) bt Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (INA,20) 21-17 21-15
[D1] Lakshya Sen (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (INA)/ Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA) 6-21 13-21

It was a very tough match for us against the last 2 times winner, Indonesian team ... But Lakshya and Shubhankar made a match out of it beating higher-ranked opponents … We missed the presence of Satwik, but very valuable experience to our young team… We have won a Bronze medal for reaching in the semis.

In the first rubber, Sai retired after losing the first game due to injury … Lakshya produced an amazing performance to produce the biggest win of his career … He defeated a WR #7 Jonathan Christie in tight 2 games to make it 1 match-all … Our new pair, Arjun and Dhruv, played a match in their life … They were so close to beat the WR #2 pair, after losing the first game our pair made a strong comeback in the match and won the second game … From 17-20 down they saved 4 match points before failing to save the 5th match point … Really good performance by our #125 ranked pair … Shubhankar took this match to the 5th rubber with a superb straight-games win over a WR #20 Shesar Hiren Rhustavito … But in the final rubber, the WR #1 Indonesian pair scored a dominating win over a scratch pairing of Chirag and Lakshya and helped the Indonesian team to reach the final.