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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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Live Updates
- 19 March 2022 7:11 PM GMT
Beautiful fightback as Gayatri/Treesa dash up on the points and lead 11-8!
Gayatri/Treesa come back from behind and switch the momentum to take the lead at 11-8!
- 19 March 2022 7:03 PM GMT
Good deception from the Chinese duo but Gayatri/Treesa smash well!
The first game gets off to a good start with some great deception from the Chinese pair!
Treesa comes in with quality smashes too!
- 19 March 2022 7:00 PM GMT
Players on court - Gayatri/Treesa take on Zhang/Zheng!
Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly are on the court as they vie for a rare finals spot. Enjoying a phenomenal form, Gayatri/Treesa saw off World No. 2 Korean pair Sohee Lee and Shin Seungchan in the quarter-finals.
Into the semis, they are now up against Zhang/Zheng of China!
- 19 March 2022 3:46 PM GMT
Lakshya Sensational Sen, take a bow!
Lakshya Sen is on a giant-killing spree and how!
- 19 March 2022 3:39 PM GMT
First Indian in All England Final in 7 years
The last Indian in All England Final was Saina Nehwal in women's singles at the 2015 edition. Click here to read more.