In the ongoing Yonex All England Open Badminton Championship 2020, which started from 11 March at the Arena Birmingham, England, PV Sindhu after a while is seen in a good form.
The ace Indian shuttler who last year also became the first Indian to get World Championship title, has made her way through the quarterfinals, getting an absolute victory over Hyun Ji Sung of Korea.
Confirms Quarter Appearance!
Overcoming the initial hiccups @Pvsindhu1 prevailed over SungJiHyun to win the match in straight games, 21-19; 21-15 to reach the knockout stage. Let the
continue #badminton#YAE20#Olympics#Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/15g7as4xkC — BAI Media (@BAI_Media) March 12, 2020
Apart from Sindhu, the teen badminton star of India, Lakshya Sen showed the world his talent by winning over the World Number 18, Lee Cheuk Yiu of Hong Kong, in his debut match of world’s oldest badminton tournament, becoming the only Indian athlete in the men’s team to move to Round two of the tournament this year.
Superb Show!
Pulling off a thrilling upset win over World No 18. Lee Cheuk Yiu of
in three games (17-21;21-8,21-17) the world no 29 is now set to play against @ViktorAxelsen. All the best @lakshya_sen. #badminton#YAE20 pic.twitter.com/6x0bhdNUZi — BAI Media (@BAI_Media) March 12, 2020
Post his incredible debut win, which garnered huge applause from across the globe, Sen though couldn’t win over the former Number One player Viktor Axelsen of Denmark yet showed some gutsy moves in the court, giving Axelsen a victory by just a few points.
Goes Down Fighting!
Playing his maiden #YAE20 @lakshya_sen showed some gutsy moves against former World No 1 and Olympic Bronze medalist @ViktorAxelsen only to lose both the games (17-21; 18-21) closely. Keep the hard work coming Champ and wins will follow! pic.twitter.com/WZ9cR4UOUC
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) March 12, 2020
