Lakshya Sen’s brilliant campaign ends in US Open 2023, lost in semi-finals
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oi-Antriksh Singh
Indian star shuttler Lakshya Sen has been ousted from the US Open tournament after losing in the semi-finals on Saturday.
Commonwealth Games champion Sen lost to Li Shifeng 17-21 24-22 17-21 in a hard-fought match that lasted one hour and 16 minutes. Shifeng is the world number seven and All-England champion.
Sen didn’t get off to a great start as he lost the first game by a close margin of just four points. He came back in the second game and kept himself in the game. After these two games, the third game became interesting.
The Indian shuttler put up a good show in the third game but it was not enough to get past her opponent. Shifeng wins the match despite a put up fight by Sen.
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Badminton Association of India (BAI) tweeted, “A wonderful campaign at the US Open has come to an end for Lakshya Sen. Lots of positive things happened this week. Keep it up champion.”
Notably, Sen had recently won his fourth BWF World Tour title at the Canada Open on July 9 by defeating Shifeng in two straight games 21-18, 22-20 in the men’s singles event final. Prior to this he has won Dutch Open, SaarLorLux Open (2019) and Indian Open (2022).
The US Open 2023 started on July 11 and will end today i.e. Sunday.
