Badminton
Olympics 2024 Badminton:Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, Sindhu progresses- Highlights
H S Prannoy will be in action in the men's singles category at the Paris Olympics 2024.
Badminton Olympics 2024
In today's Badminton action at the Paris Olympics 2024, P V Sindhu and Lakshya Sen marched into the pre-quarterfinals.
Lakshya achieved a historic victory against third seed Jonatan Christie, becoming the third Indian to beat a seeded opponent in men's singles at the Olympics, while PV Sindhu defeated Kristin Kuuba in her final group match.
H S Prannoy advances to round of 16, he will now face Lakshya Sen.
As it happened:
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- 31 July 2024 8:29 AM GMT
Game 1: Christie's flat smash from net
Christie charges at the net after a speedy rally and extends his tally to 4-0.
It is 5-0 now as Lakshya's drives drifts away.
- 31 July 2024 8:28 AM GMT
Game 1: Down-the-line smash by Lakshya
But his smash goes misses the line, and Christie claims a 3-0 lead.
- 31 July 2024 8:28 AM GMT
Game 1: Christie draws the first blood
Lakshya's toss goes long and then he plays into the net to concede a 2-0 lead to the Indonesian shuttler.
- 31 July 2024 8:24 AM GMT
Lakshya vs Christie: Head-to-Head
Lakshya trails 1-4 against Christie, with the Indian shuttler last winning against the Indonesian third seed in 2020 at the Badminton Asia Team Championships.
- 31 July 2024 8:22 AM GMT
PV Sindhu progresses to pre-quarters
PV Sindhu tops Group M and advances to pre-quarterfinals.
Final result: PV Sindhu beats Kristin Kuuba 21-5, 21-10.
- 31 July 2024 8:20 AM GMT
Coming up next!
India's Lakshya Sen will take on world no. 3 Jonatan Christie.
- 31 July 2024 8:18 AM GMT
Sindhu wins the second!
That's it. Sindhu closes the second win effortlessly as she beat Kristin 21-10 in just 32 minutes.
- 31 July 2024 8:15 AM GMT
Kristin looks defeated!
There is almost no resistance from Kristin.
Sindhu leads 19-7
