India Open Finals LIVE – Lakshya Sen Wins: It turned out to be a GOLDEN DAY for Indian badminton at India Open. First Chirag Shetty & Satwiksairaj Ranki Reddy won the Men’s Doubles Title & Lakshya Sen won Men’s Singles title. Shetty & Reddy defeated 3 time world champions Hendra Setiwan & Mohammad Ahsan in the finals. 20 year old Lakshya Sen played brilliantly to trounce World Champion Loh Kean Yew in the Men’s singles final: Follow India Open Finals LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
- Men’s Doubles Finals: Satwik-Chirag BEAT Ahsan-Setiawan 21-16, 26-24
- Men’s Singles Finals: Lakshya Sen vs Loh Kean Yew LIVE – 24-22, 21-17
India Open Finals LIVE: Golden Day for India, Lakshya Sen defeats World Champion Loh Kean Yew to win Men’s Singles, Satwik-Chirag wins Men’s Doubles
India shuttler Lakshya Sen won the men’s singles final of the ongoing India Open 2022 here at the KD Jadhav Stadium here on Sunday.
Lakshya Sen defeated Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew 24-22, 21-17 in the summit clash that lasted for 54 minutes.
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This is the first time that Sen has managed to win the Super 500 title in his career. Lakshya Sen was comfortably leading the first game.
But world champion Kean Yew came from behind, and it was evenly poised at 22-22. The India shuttler then raised his game to win the first game 24-22.
The 20-year-old Sen continued with his momentum and he went on to win the summit clash in straight games.
Earlier on Sunday, the duo of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy clinched victory in the men’s doubles finals of Indian Open 2022, which is part of the BWF World Tour tournament series.
The Indian pair defeated the Indonesian duo of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in straight games 21-16, 26-24 in the summit clash that lasted for 43 minutes.
Lakshya Sen vs Loh Kean Yew LIVE: Lakshya Sen faces World Champion…
Men’s Singles Final Starts: Lakshya vs Loh Kean LIVE
2nd Game – Can Indian continue the good work here? Just 1 game away from 1st BWF 500 Title? Follow it LIVE
- 20-17 – Championship point for Lakshya sen
- 19-16 Lakshya gets it – in the driving seat now
- 16-18 Loh Kean Yew pulling back 1 / Good down the line
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18-15 Lakshya just 3 points away from the title
- 17-14 Exchange of drives ends in Sen’s favor
- 14-16 Loh Kean is pulling back, fighting back – Indian needs to focus
- 16-11 for the Indian, Lakshya has built good lead – just need to stay calm
- 13-10 Another net exchange, another winner for Lakshya
- 10-12 Good down the line by Singaporean
- 12-9 again great net play by the Indian
- 11-9 Lakshya lead at the interval
- 10-9 for LAkshya, Loh Kean missing easiest of the winner, puts it in the net
- 8-7 Good push by Loh Kean but Lakshya not giving up on the slender lead
- 6-6 Indian fights back, causal approach by the world champion
- 5-2 for Loh Kean. Some easy points for the Singaporean
- 1-1 Great retrieving by Lakshya Sen / Brilliant defence by the Indian
- Slight delay – little injury in the finger for Lakshya Sen
First Game Underway – Lakshya Sen Wins 24-22
- 23-22 Lakshya has a game point now / LAKSHYA WINS 24-22
- 22-22 Again a game point saved by Lakshya
- 21-21 here / Its humdinger – both players saving game points
- 20-20 It’s Lakshya’s turn to fightback. Its 20-20
- 20-19 – 6 consecutive points by Singaporean – this is complete turnaround
- 18-14 What a brilliant defence by the Indian, his net-play is keeping him ahead.
- 17-13 leading by 4 here in the Game 1
- 13-16 4 consecutive points for Singaporean
- 16-9 Lakshya on the roll here / again beautiful cross court winner
- 14-9 Great deception again at the net by Lakshya followed by down the line smash
- 9-13 Singaporean pulls one back
- 13-8 5 point lead for the India, some errors builidng into Loh Kean’s game
- 11-8 at the changeover for Lakshya Sen
- 10-8 for Indian, Lakshya dominating the net exchanges against the World Champion
- 7-9 Loh Kean pulls one back here, good rally
- 9-6 Great cross court by Lakshya here
- 7-6 Whoa what a great rally here – Indian wins challenge to lead
- 6-6 Another great down the line Smash by Loh Kean
- 5-4 3 Consecutive points for the world champion from Singapore
- 4-2 Another long rally, another good point for the Indian – he is looking confident here
- 3-2 Brilliant cross court drop by Lakshya
- 1-2: Lakshya gets 1 back – this looks like a real battle
India Open Badminton LIVE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty start 2022 on a high, crowned champions in men’s doubles at home – Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched the victory in the men’s doubles finals of the ongoing Indian Open 2022, which is part of the BWF World Tour tournament series, at the KD Jadhav Stadium here on Sunday.
Put your hands together for the Men’s doubles champions! 🇮🇳 🇮🇩 👏👏🔝
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India Open Badminton LIVE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty start 2022 on a high, crowned champions in men’s doubles at home
Lakshya Sen vs Loh Kean Yew LIVE: Lakshya Sen faces World Champion
The Indian pair defeated the Indonesian duo of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in straight sets of 21-16, 26-24 in a match that lasted for 43 minutes. Earlier, the duo of Satwiksairaj and Chirag had defeated the French pair of Fabien Delrue and William Villeger in the semi-finals.
On the other hand, shuttler PV Sindhu bowed out of the tournament after losing to Thailand’s Supanida Katethong 14-21, 21-13, 10-21 in the semi-final clash that lasted for 59 minutes.
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