Sydney [Australia], November 22 (ANI): India’s Lakshya Sen stormed into the finals of the continued Australian Open 2025 badminton match in Sydney on Saturday.
Lakshya, who’s ranked 14th in males’s singles badminton rankings, overcame the problem of Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.
The Indian shuttler saved three match factors to beat world No. 6 17-21, 24-22, 21-16 in an exhilarating 86-minute semi-final conflict on the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre.
Overall, this was Lakshya’s fourth males’s singles victory over Chou Tien Chen in eight conferences.
Interestingly, the star Indian shuttler defeated his counterpart earlier this 12 months on the Hong Kong Open. Sen edged 23-21, 22-20 in a decent semi-final.
Chou Tien, the 2022 World Championships bronze medallist , took early management within the recreation. The World No. 6 raced to a 4-0 lead within the opening recreation and Lakshya misplaced the set 17-21.
Lakshya tightened up within the second match. Tien Chen, who took a 7-4 lead, noticed the Indian shuttler bouncing again and levelling the rating 12-12.
Sen overtuned a 14-17 deficit to guide 20-18. However, the second recreation dragged right into a decider when Sen saved three match factors and took it 24-22.
With momentum on his facet, the Indian shuttler dominated the third recreation and by no means misplaced his grip to shut out a commanding end to achieve his second remaining of the continued BWF 2025 world tour.
Lakshya is now the one Indian shuttler left within the draw. The World No. 14 defeated his fellow Indian badminton participant Ayush Shetty within the quarter-finals.
Lakshya will both play Chinese Taipei’s world No.12 Chun Yi Lin or Twenty sixth-ranked Japanese Yushi Tanaka within the Australian Open 2025 remaining on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy suffered a defeat of their males’s doubles quarter-final match on Friday. (ANI)