In Paris Olympics, Indian badminton participant Lakshya Sen has made historical past within the quarter-finals of males’s singles by reaching the semi-finals.
He has made this place by defeating Chou-Tien-Chen of Chinese language-Taipei.
He has grow to be the primary Indian male badminton participant to succeed in the semi-finals.
He’s the primary Indian male participant to succeed in the semi-finals of singles within the Olympic Video games and the third participant after PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal.
Many gamers from India have reached the quarter-finals of males’s singles in badminton within the Olympic Video games, however that is the primary time {that a} male participant has gained it. Lakshya Sen misplaced the primary recreation by a detailed margin of 21-19, nevertheless within the subsequent recreation he defeated Chou-Tien-Chen of Chinese language Taipei 21-15.
He gained the third recreation 21-12 and made it to the semi-finals.
Younger badminton star Lakshya Sen is taken into account the way forward for Indian badminton.
This 22-year-old participant from Almora, who gained silver within the 2018 Youth Olympic Video games and gold within the 2022 Commonwealth Video games, has no scarcity of enthusiasm.
The yr 2023 was a uninteresting one
The primary six months of 2023 weren’t good for Sen, bronze medalist within the 2021 World Championship. He misplaced to India’s HS Prannoy within the Malaysian Open.
Lakshya Sen took revenge by defeating Prannoy within the Indian Open, however then he was knocked out of the event after shedding to Denmark’s Don Rasmus Gemke within the second spherical.
He additionally misplaced to French participant Kristiv Popov within the German Open.
He additionally confronted disappointment within the Spherical of 16 within the All England Open. Not solely this, he additionally confronted failure within the Swiss Open and Asian Badminton Championships.
In the meantime, his BWF rank in males’s singles additionally slipped to twenty fifth place.
His well being was additionally an enormous purpose behind this. He was fighting the issue of ‘deviated nasal septum’ throughout the European tour.
He additionally needed to endure surgical procedure for this. Lakshya Sen has been seen making a comeback since reaching the semi-finals of the Thailand Open in June.