German Open 2022: Whilst Kidambi Srikanth misplaced in directly video games to Viktor Axelsen, in-form Lakshya Sen will face the reigning Olympic champion within the males’s singles semi-final on Saturday.
Lakshya Sen will face Viktor Axelsen within the males’s singles semi-final of German Open on Saturday (AP Photograph)
HIGHLIGHTSLakshya Sen defeated HS Prannoy to achieve the sem-finalLakshya will face VIktor Axelsen on Saturday within the semi-finalKidambi Srikanth misplaced to the Olympic champion within the quarter-finnal
International Championships bronze medalist Lakshya Sen has stored Inda’s marketing campaign alive on the German Open Tremendous 300 match as he reached the semi-final of the boys’s singles match. Kidambi Srikanth, who gained the silver on the global meet, misplaced to Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen within the quarter-finals on Friday.
The 20-year-old Sen, who had claimed his maiden Tremendous 500 name on the India Open in January, persevered his wealthy vein of type as he noticed off former best 10 participant HS Prannoy 21-15 21-16 in an all-Indian quarterfinals that lasted 39 mins. The sector quantity 14 had defeated Prannoy, lately ranked twenty fourth, on the quarterfinals of India Open as smartly.
Sen will now face best seed and previous global champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark within the semifinals on Saturday.
International number one Axelsen proved a difficult buyer for Srikanth as he went down 10-21 21-23 in 35 mins.It used to be the Indian’s 6th defeat at the trot to Axelsen, whom he had crushed three times prior to now, together with en path to his 2017 Denmark Open name in Odense.
Srikanth, who used to be enjoying his first match since getting better from COVID-19 that pressured him out of the India Open, regarded clueless in opposition to Axelsen within the preliminary moments of the fit because the Dane galloped to a 17-4 lead.
India’s hopes now rests at the younger shoulders of Sen, who had shocked fourth seeded Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 21-7 21-9 in a second-round fit on Thursday and carried his momentum within the quarterfinals in opposition to Prannoy.
Previous within the match, 2-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu used to be shocked within the second around whilst veteran Saina Nehwal regarded rusty on her comeback as she additionally exited the match within the second around.
