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All England Open 2022 Semi-finals Highlights: Lakshya Sen reaches finals in a nail-biter — Scores, Updates, Blog
On semi-finals day at the All England Open 2022, Lakshya Sen saw off Lee Zii Jia to enter finals while Gayatri/Treesa will face off against a Chinese pair later. Follow LIVE.
Lakshya Sen will take on Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia, the defending champion at the semi-finals of the All England Open 2022
Welcome to the live blog of The Bridge from the semi-finals of the All England Badminton Open 2022
Lakshya Sen created history by causing yet another big upset as he battled past the defending All England Champion, Lee Zii Jia in a thriller to become the first Indian man to reach a singles final in 21 years. Lakshya won 21-13, 12-21, 21-19!
Meanwhile, the underdog pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly, who showed great spunk in the tournament, took on China's Zhang/Zheng in the semi-finals but lost out closely, 21-17, 21-16.
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- 19 March 2022 8:48 PM GMT
But is Lakshya Sen who reigns supreme as he is into a 3rd straight final at a BWF event in 2022!
Lakshya Sen remains the talking point of badminton town as the phenomenal Indian is simply on the rise as he is into the third final in a row at all 3 BWF events he has taken part in this year - India Open, German Open and now, All England Open!
Sen will go on to meet the winner of Viktor Axelsen and Chou Tien Chen in the finals tomorrow!
Thank you for joining us on this blog, we are as excited as you are about the big clash awaiting tomorrow as Sen stays focussed on creating history!
- 19 March 2022 8:45 PM GMT
That's a curtain call for Gayatri and Treesa here!
If anything, Gayatri and Treesa's week at Birmingham, making their debut at the All England Open, was nothing short of a dream.
From not knowing if their entry will be accepted at the BWF 1000 event to ending up as semi-finalists, what a run did these youngsters have!
- 19 March 2022 7:53 PM GMT
What a fight from Gayatri/Treesa! Zhang/Zheng are through to the finals!
Gayatri and Treesa put up a beautiful fight and what a magnificent run they've had at the All England Open 2022!
However it is the Chinese pair of Zhang/Zheng who have the last word today, 21-17, 21-16!
