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French Open: Lakshya Sen goes down to Kunlavut Vitidsarn in semifinal - Highlights
Catch the highlights of Lakshya Sen's defeat to Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the French Open Super 750 men's singles semifinal at the Adidas Arena on Saturday.
Lakshya Sen in action at the Paris Olympics 2024. (FILE PHOTO: Badminton Photo/BWF)
Lakshya Sen went down to world no. 8 and reigning world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the men's singles semifinal of the French Open Super 750 on Saturday.
Lakshya won the opening game 22-20. But he could not match Vitidsarn's defensively solid and attackingly menacing game in the next two games.
Lakshya eventually lost 22-20, 13-21, 11-21 to make a semifinal exit from the French Open.
This was Lakshya's seventh defeat to Vitidsarn in 11 meetings, and his second consecutive defeat against the Thai star since the BWF World Championships in August 2023.
Catch the highlights:
Live Updates
- 9 March 2024 5:30 PM GMT
Game 1: Good judgement by Lakshya
Lakshya allows Vitidarn's shot go long and wins a point to lead 14-12.
- 9 March 2024 5:29 PM GMT
Game 1: Lakshya goes for the kill, goes wide
Vitidsarn wins a point and trails 11-13.
- 9 March 2024 5:28 PM GMT
Game 1: Vitidsarn's smash goes wide
Lakshya extends his lead to 13-10. Vitidarn goes for the edge of Lakhsya's left court, but goes wide.
- 9 March 2024 5:28 PM GMT
Game 1: Lakshya leads 12-10
But Vitidsarn wins a long, long rally to trail 10-12.
- 9 March 2024 5:27 PM GMT
Words of advice for Lakshya
Prakash Padukone's advice to Lakshya: "Call one is for water and call two for shuttle change, keep this in mind'.
Vimal Kumar urges Lakshya: "Go slow, you are playing well."
- 9 March 2024 5:26 PM GMT
Game 1: Lakshya leads at the interval
Vitidsarn goes long. Lakshya leads 11-9.
- 9 March 2024 5:25 PM GMT
Game 1: Lakshya reclaims his lead
Vitidsarn hits the net and Lakshya claims a 10-9 lead.
- 9 March 2024 5:24 PM GMT
Game 1: Lakshya's return ruffles the net
Vitidsarn claims the lead for the first time in the game. He leads 9-8.
- 9 March 2024 5:22 PM GMT
Game 1: Lakshya's relentless smash
Vitidsarn cannot return the smash, Lakshya leads 8-7.
