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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 2:46 PM GMT
Lee Game Point
LEE Zii Jia has increased pace and his steep smashes are helping him score, second game Lee- lakshya 20-11
- 19 March 2022 2:43 PM GMT
Lakshya Sen Reduces Gap
Lakshya Sen has reduced the gap of points and slowly crawling towards equalising, 6 points behind, second game score score Lakshya - Lee 10-16
- 19 March 2022 2:38 PM GMT
Lee Marches Ahead
Second game Lakshya sen is shocked and his net shots also made ineffective by Lee, score Lakshya - Lee 21-13, 3-11
- 19 March 2022 2:30 PM GMT
Lee Leads
Lee Zii Jia has good start to second game, leads by two points, score Lakshya - Lee 21-13, 2-5
- 19 March 2022 2:27 PM GMT
Lakshya Pockets First Game
Lakshya Sen wins quick points and wins first game in 21 minutes. score Lakshya - Lee 21-13
- 19 March 2022 2:23 PM GMT
Lakshya Healthy Lead
Lakshya Sen is mainting his composure and last 3 shts of Lee gone out of lines. Score Lakshya - Lee 17-12
