- Posted by One India, last updated on 15 January, 2022

badminton

By-Rahul Singh

new Delhi. World Championships bronze medalist Lakshya Sen on Saturday defeated Ng Tje Yong of Malaysia to enter the final at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2022. Third seed Sen, ranked 17th in the world, will face defending world champion Loh Keen Yew of Singapore. Lakshya Sen, 20, of Almora, who along with his mentors Prakash Padukone, B Sai Praneeth and Kidambi Srikanth had joined World Championships medalists last month, won 19-21, 21-16, 21-12. Of.

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However, Lakshya, the world number 17, did not start well as he lost the first set to 60th ranked Yong. Yong played a thrilling match and won the match 21-19. But in the last two sets, Lakshya ended the match by winning consecutively.

Sen said after the match, “It is a good feeling to play my first Super 500 final in my country. The first game was very close, I made some mistakes which cost me. But I kept my calm in the second and third games and Managed to get out.” Loh, seeded fifth, was given a walkover by Canada’s Brian Yang in the other semi-finals following a sore throat and headache.

Sen was defeated by Loh in the final of the Dutch Open last year. Now Sen will have an attempt to equalize the record. Overall, the two have a 2-2 face-off record, with Sen losing two of the last three matches. “We are both playing well, tomorrow it will be a good match and I am really looking forward to playing him,” Sen said about the title match with Loh.

Also in another match, badminton pair Satwiksairaj Reddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Fabian Delru and William Villager 21-10, 21-18 to reach the men’s doubles final of India Open 2022.