BWF World Badminton Championships – Lakshya Sen Gets Lottery: It seems Lakshya Sen has a LOTTERY TICKET in the World Badminton Championships starting on Sunday in Spain. 3 top players have withdrawn from World No. 19 Lakshya’s half & the development can give the young Indian smooth passage to the semifinals of the Senior World Championships – Follow all LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
World No 2 Kento Momota, World No 5 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, World No 7 Jonatan Christie all have withdrawan from the World Championship giving great boost to Lakshya’s chances in the event.
BWF World Championships: Withdrawals might benefit three India shuttlers, read to find out more
Lakshya Sen Gets Lottery: Lakshya was drawn to meet World No. 2 Momota in round 3 & No. 7 Christie in the Quarterfinals. But now both these hurdles are out of Lakshya’s way.
If the young Indian can somehow beat 15th Seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan in Round 2, his passage to the World Championship semifinals can become very smooth.
Lakshya is not the only Indian who will get benefitted by the mass withdrawals of the Indonesian team.
Off-color B Sai Praneeth who is seeded 14th in the tournament can also turn out to be a big beneficiary.
World No. 5 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting from Praneeth’s Quarter of Draw also has pulled out giving him a great opportunity to make it to the last 8.
But before that Praneeth plays Mark Caljouw of Netherlands in the opening round who defeated him at the Tokyo Olympics.
12th seed Kidambi Srikanth of India is also in Praneeth’s Quarter along with Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.
“With 3 of the 4 highest seeds at the top withdrawing in the men’s singles while no one has withdrawn from the bottom half, I just don’t understand why not a re-draw?” wrote Hans-Kristian Vittinghus via his personal Twitter account.
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