Badminton
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 5:08 PM GMT
Players step into the court 1
Lakshya and Kunlavut Vitidsarn step into the court 1 to play their semifinal match.
- 9 March 2024 4:38 PM GMT
Head-to-Head
Lakshya played Vitidsarn ten times, with the Thai player leading the head-to-head record against the Indian shuttler 6-4. They last met at the BWF World Championships, in the Round of 16, and Lakshya lost the match in a three-gamer.
- 9 March 2024 4:34 PM GMT
Hello and welcome
Lakshya Sen, who last played in the semifinal at the Japan Open in July last year, will play reigning world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the semis of the French Open Super 750 on Saturday.
