Monday, July 23, 2018

Badminton News

At Asia Junior Championships 2018, Jakarta, Indonesia

P.C. to BAI twitter handle
[R1] (6) Lakshya Sen (IND) bt Hyeong Jung Kim (KOR) 21-13 21-11
[R2] (6) Lakshya Sen (IND) bt Riku Hatano (JPN) 21-6 18-21 21-15
[R3] (6) Lakshya Sen (IND) bt (11) Saran Jamsri (THA) 21-15 21-16
[QF] (6) Lakshya Sen (IND) bt (2) Shifeng Li (CHN) 21-14 21-12
[SF] (6) Lakshya Sen (IND) bt (4) Ikhsan Leonardo Imanuel Rumbay (INA) 21-7 21-14

u-19 Boys Final
(6) Lakshya Sen (IND) bt (1) Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA) 21-19 21-18

Lakshya Sen lifted junior Asian Championship beating regaining junior World Champion and WR #1 Thai Kunlavut Vitidsarn in closely fought straight games ... He becomes only the second Indian in the men's singles category since Gautam Thakkar's gold in the 1965 ... Before in the quarters, Lakshya defeated JR WR #2 Chinese player, Shifeng Li in straight games and in the semis defeated #4 seeds local player, Ikhsan Leonardo Imanuel Rumbay convincingly.

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