All England Open Live: Lakshya Sen Goes Down Fighting To Christie In Semis

All England Open Live: Good review Lakshya!

Lakshya Sen challenged a decision and earned a point. He is leading 15-12 now. It was a drop shot from the Indian player to the left of Christie. Referee judged it out but Sen straightway went upstairs for it.

All England Open Live: Christie on top!

Two powerful smashes from Jonatan Christie and he now leads 14-10. Lakshya Sen managed to pick the first smash but failed to keep the second one inside the playing area.

All England Open Live: Sen trails 13-9

Jonatan Christie is dominating this deciding game at the moment with a 13-9 lead.

All England Open Live: Sen trails 11-8

Lakshya Sen has challenged a shot. He hit a smash and that is fairly out of the line. That takes Jonatan Christie at an 11-8 lead at the break in the deciding game.

All England Open Live: Sen is back!

Lakshya Sen has levelled the scores with a powerful smash down the ground. It’s 8 all now.

All England Open Live: Christie takes the lead!

Jonatan Christie is now in the lead. Lakshya wanted to drop it cross the court but he rather pulled it out of the line. Christie is leading 8-7 now.

All England Open Live: Sen back in the lead!

Lakshya Sen attacked relentlessly until he earned a point off it. He now leads 7-6.

All England Open Live: It’s 6-6 all!

A long rally and Jonatan Christie takes another point off it. Christie takes one more point and he has now levelled the scores. Pressure must be on Lakshya Sen now as he has conceded a really good lead. The momentum is with Christie now.

All England Open Live: What a smash!

This is a powerful smash from Lakshya Sen to the right of Christie. Okay, another one from Sen to the left of Christie this time. This is wonderful use of opportunities from Sen. He now leads 5-3 in the deciding game.

All England Open Live: Match goes to decider!

Lakshya Sen seals the second game 21-10 and a third and final game will decide the winner of the semi-final. The Indian tennis ace Sen clearly dominated the contest and never let his opponent make a comeback.

All England Open Live: Christie alive in the game!

Jonatan Christie is looking for a way to fight back. He is trailing 9-18 at the moment.

All England Open Live: Sen leads 17-6!

A smash from Lakshya Sen but that hits the net and falls on his side of the court. What follows is another point for Jonatan Christie and Sen now leads 17-6.

All England Open Live: Wow stuff!

This is unbelievable stuff from Lakshya Sen. He is literally toying with Jonatan Christie in this second game. The Indian is leading 14-4.

All England Open Live: Sen on top!

A shot from Christie and that is well judged by Lakshya Sen as the Indian youngster let it pass away. The shuttle falls outside the line and Sen now leads 11-3 at the break. This is some really high quality comeback from the Indian star.

All England Open Live: What a comeback from Sen!

Lakshya Sen is looking more energetic on the court now. He is leading 8-3 in the second game, thanks to his improved show. Make it 9-3 for Sen now.

All England Open Live: Christie wins first game!

Jonatan Christie bags the first game with a powerful smash. He has won it 21-12 against Lakshya Sen. What felt like a neck-and-neck battle at the start was truly dominated by the Indonesia’s badminton ace later.

All England Open Live: Christie close to sealing the game!

Despite losing a point, Jonatan Christie is leading 19-12, being only two points away from sealing the first game.

All England Open Live: Smart from Christie!

Jonatan Christie is enjoying his time out there. He first brought Lakshya Sen close to the net and then put a drop over the player to earn a point.

All England Open Live: Mini comeback for Sen!

Two back-to-back points for Lakshya Sen and he can find himself back in the game again, though trailing 10-15.

All England Open Live: Unlukcy Sen!

A powerful smash from Christie that hit the net and fell on the other side of the court. Lakshya Sen could do nothing this time.

All England Open Live: Sen trails by a fair margin!

Jonatan Christie is leadinf 11-7 at the break in the first game. The contest started with a tight battle between both the players but by the break, Christie has simply dominated Lakshya Sen. It was 6 all at one point. Sen earned just one while Christie took 5.

All England Open Live: What a smash!

Christie put a powerful smash to the right of Lakshya Sen to earn a point. He now leads 8-6. Make it 9-6 now as the Indonesian star earns another point.

All England Open Live: It’s 6 all now!

Call it a neck-and-neck battle in what has transpired so far. After a long rally, Lakshya Sen has earned a point to make the scores level. This is some promising show from the Indian youngster.

All England Open Live: It’s 3 all!

A powerful smash from Jonatan Christie to the left of Sen and the Indian shuttler fails to pick it. It hits the net and falls back to his side of the court. It’s 3 all at the moment.

All England Open Live: Sen in the lead!

Lakshya Sen conceded a point at the start before winning three on the trot. He then hit one out of the line to conceded yet another point. The Indian still leads 3-1 in first game.

All England Open Live: Match begins!

The men’s singles semi-final match between Lakshya Sen and Jonatan Christie has begun.

All England Open Live: Sen arrives on court!

Lakshya Sen and his oppoenent Jonatan Christie are warming up on Court 1. The match is set to start now.

All England Open Live: Sen’s match set to start now!

Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi registered a hard-fought three-game win over South Korea’s An Se-young to enter the final of women’s singles. She won the contest 21-10, 19-21, 21-14. Lakshya Sen is now to be seen in action on Court 1. Get ready folks!

All England Open Live: Sen aim for second final!

If Lakshya Sen goes on to beat Jonatan Christie in the upcoming match, he will be entering the All England Open final for a second time in his career. Sen made it to the summit clash at the event for the first time in 2022 where he lost to Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in straight sets.

All England Open Live: More time for Sen’s match to start

The women’s singles semi-final match between Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi and South Korea’s An Se-young at Court 1 has entered the deciding game. Only after the end of this contest, it will be Lakshya Sen playing in the men’s singles semi-final match. A bit of more wait!

All England Open Live: Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in final

Earlier, Indonesian’s Anthony Sinisuka Ginting beat France’s Christo Popov to enter the final of men’s singles match. This means the winner between Sen and Christie will set up a clash with Sinisuka Ginting.

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All England Open Live: Sen set for the semi-final!

World no. 18 Lakshya Sen, the reigning Commonwealth Games champion, will take on Indonesia’s world no. 9 Jonatan Christie in the semifinals at Court 1 in just some time from now. Fasten your seat belts for the thriller encounter coming next!

All England Open Live: How much more time for Sen’s match?

Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi is currently playing against South Korea’s An Se-young in the women’s singles semi-final match at Court 1. After the end of this contest, it will be Lakshya Sen playing in the men’s singles semi-final match. Stay connected!

All England Open Live: Sen after winning quarter-final match –

“It was a really good match and happy to be on winning side. It was all about keeping the nerve. I knew he has the quality to comeback and give a tough fight,” Sen said. “Even when I was 18-14 up, I knew if I play a little bit lose, he will grab the opportunity. For me, it was important to dictate the pace. In the end, it was about not giving him an open chance to hit and keep the shuttle down.”

The focus is clear, the goal is near!

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All England Open Live: Sen in red-hot form!

Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen continued his impressive run at the All England Open 2024 badminton men’s singles event with a hard-fought win over Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in the quarter-final on Friday. The runner-up at the 2022 edition of the All England Open prevailed over the 2021 champion 20-22, 21-16, 21-19 in one hour and 10 minutes. This was Sen’s fourth win over the Malaysian shuttler in five head-to-head meetings.