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German Open 2022, Quarterfinals LIVE: Lakshya into semis, Srikanth knocked out — Scores, Updates, Blog
Lakshya Sen is the only one who makes it to semis as Srikanth, Prannoy, Krishna/Vishnu get knocked out from the German Open 2022.
HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen are in the quarterfinals of the German Open 2022
Hello and welcome to the live blog of The Bridge from the quarterfinals of the German Open 2022!
In the quarters, Lakshya Sen played a powerful match against HS Prannoy to book his semi-finals tickets, 21-15, 21-16. Kidambi Srikanth meanwhile suffered a very close defeat to Viktor Axelsen, 21-10, 23-21.
In the Men's Doubles as well, the pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud lost to a Chinese pair in straight sets.
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- 11 March 2022 3:10 PM GMT
Net errors are costing Prannoy, Lakshya is all the happier for it...
Lakshya Sen keeps to his strategy and concentrates on net play and Prannoy makes a few errors that gift points to Lakshya. No complaints from the youngster!
- 11 March 2022 3:07 PM GMT
And Lakshya comes back from behind to go up 11-10 in the mid-game interval
Lakshya Sen goes to 11-10 and the momentum has shifted to the youngster's side now.
- 11 March 2022 3:05 PM GMT
We level at 10 ALL!
Lakshya equalises at 10 ALL as Prannoy's returns find the net and Lakshya sends an easy winner to his side, back to back.
10 ALL, Lakshya on serve.
- 11 March 2022 3:04 PM GMT
Lakshya is putting the pressure back, the gap is reducing!
Lakshya is unleashing some deceptive body attacks now to try and restrain Prannoy from getting too ahead.
Just a 2 point difference now as Lakshya lags at 8-10 on the board.
- 11 March 2022 3:02 PM GMT
And corner to corner we go with Prannoy pushing Lakshya around!
Prannoy gets the early momentum in this match and is using that to his advantage by sending a lot of cross-court returns in the way of Lakshya.
Prannoy leads 7-3 in the opening game.
- 11 March 2022 2:59 PM GMT
Lakshya is dragging Prannoy to the net, he gets on the board!
Lakshya's standout point is his net play and he is trying to bring Prannoy into that and out best him.
Lakshya lags behind Prannoy at 2-4 now!
- 11 March 2022 2:58 PM GMT
And Prannoy on the attack as Lakshya makes early errors!
Things move fast here as Prannoy snatches service almost immediately and a few mid-length rallies later where Lakshya's returns fall out, it is Prannoy leading 3-0 in the opening game!
- 11 March 2022 2:56 PM GMT
And first up, we have Lakshya vs Prannoy on the court already!
Let's get this party on the road now. We have our first quarter-final of the day beginning now as both Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy are on court!
Lakshya to begin the serve!
- 11 March 2022 2:52 PM GMT
And of course, the Lakshya Sen vs HS Prannoy epic is also coming up!
In January, at the India Open 2022, when youngster Lakshya Sen clashed with the veteran HS Prannoy, also in the quarterfinals, fireworks sparked as the duo got into a crazy three-set battle. On that day, Sen had the last word.
Lakshya is enjoying a stellar form and the World No. 12 shuttler has his World Championship bronze and India Open crown to gain confidence aside from coming from the high of defeating World No. 5 Indonesian Anthony Ginting just yesterday.
HS Prannoy is however not to be underestimated here and we can safely expect a thriller!
- 11 March 2022 2:48 PM GMT
Let's get you warmed up for the Men's Singles quarterfinals coming our way!
First off, World Championships silver medallist and former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth will take on Olympic champion and reigning World No. 1 Viktor Axelsen for a spot in the semi-finals.
How do they fare so far, you ask?
Well, Srikanth last scored a victory against Axelsen in 2017. It has been a while since that last hurray and Axelsen is currently one of the best on the tour, obviously but Srikanth is also enjoying a great spell.
This will be a cracker!
