Badminton
All England Open 2025: Treesa/Gayatri, Lakshya advances - Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the second round of the All-England Open 2025 in Birmingham, England, on Thursday.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. (Photo Credits: CGTN Sports)
All-England Open 2025: India competed in all five categories in the second round of the All-England Open as they have one representative each in all the categories in Birmingham, England, on Thursday.
Lakshya Sen defeated defending champion Jonatan Christie (21-13, 21-10) to enter the quarterfinals.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty retired due to injury in their second-round match against Xie Haonan and Zeng Weihan.
Malvika Bansod lost to Akane Yamaguchi (16-21, 13-21), ending India's women’s singles campaign.
PV Sindhu also crashed out in the second round.
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand advanced to the next round, defeating Hye Kim and Hee Kong (15-21, 21-18, 21-18).
Highlights:
Live Updates
- 13 March 2025 3:28 PM GMT
Xie/Zeng running away with the game!
Xie/Zeng running away with the game as they lead 12-17.
- 13 March 2025 3:25 PM GMT
Satwik/Chirag trailing after the break!
Although Satwik/Chirag are trying to reduce the gap, it looks like something is lacking from the Indians. They trail by 5 points, 9-14.
- 13 March 2025 3:20 PM GMT
What a game!
Satwik/Chirag on good attacking mode but the defence from Xie/Zeng is absolutely brilliant.
8-6, Satwik/ Chirag trailing. - 13 March 2025 3:17 PM GMT
SatChi starts on a chase!
Xie,Zenga gets the first two points but Satwik/Chirag chases and now leads 3-2.
- 13 March 2025 2:15 PM GMT
Lakshya beats Christie!!
Laskya Sen advances to the quarters after beating Jonathan Christie.
- 13 March 2025 2:13 PM GMT
Fans on their feet!
Lakshya is enjoying the crowd support as he is leading 9-19.
