Lakshya Sen fell to Li Shi Feng in the quarter -finals; Jolly and Gopichand also crash – Firstpost

Birmingham: The Sen of Lakshya in India lost to the Badminton All England Championships, as is the pair of double women in double Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand after losing their respective quarter -final matches here on Friday.

Sen was released after a defeat accordingly against the number 6 of the Chinese world Li Feng in the quarter -finals in simple male. The 2022 finalist, who narrowly lost an Olympic Paris medal last year, was 10-21, 16-21 in a 45-minute match.

Then, the duo of Treesa and Gayatri went down to the second Chinese seeds Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning 14-21 10-21 in a 46-minute match.

Treesa and Gayatri failed to recreate their exceptional performances during their victory in the 16 series against Kim Hye Jeong and Kong Hee Yong in South Korea on Thursday.

The Indians started on a brilliant note, but once the tremendous Chinese pair, perhaps the best in the world at the moment, found their foot, there was not to stop them because they attacked everything that their opponents launched them to emerge the winners in straight matches.

With this result, the challenge of India during the prestigious tournament also ended.

The earlier Sen, ranked n ° 15 in the world, and which had won its last two games against Li, including the Thomas Cup, during the day, fought against its Chinese opponent familiar with the 2018 junior class.

Feng stammered its authority early, winning the first game in just 17 minutes.

He played compound badminton, avoiding unnecessary risks. A powerful Smash gave him an advance of 9-4, and he entered the break with a solid advantage of 11-4.

Sen’s unsuccessful revision left him for 4-12, but he briefly increased his attack, reducing the gap to 7-12 with a cross-terrain act.

However, Feng quickly adjusted, effectively mixing its rhythm and tactics.

A specific examination put it in advance 19-10 before the unrefitted errors of Sen put the Feng game.

Sen has shown signs of improvement in the second match, but Feng remained dominant, sealing the problem in 27 minutes.

Sen dragged 2-5 but fell with a better net game, pouring in front of 10-8 after an exhausting rally of 37 shots.

He took a thin three -point advance at the break and followed a pace in a tight battle, with an exchange of 44 -shooting marathon the locking at 14.

However, the Tall Feng increased its assault, which advanced 17-15 with a powerful Smash.

At 15-18, Sen suffered bruises, reversing blood in the field and demanding medical care and the court had to be cleaned.

The brief judgment, however, did not do little to stop the momentum of Feng, while it was moving with another thunderous smash to close the match.

Despite the defeat, it was a solid campaign for Sen, who had previously amazed the reigning champion Jonatan Christie in consecutive matches, avenging his defeat in the semi-finals against the Indonesian last year.

With this result, Feng progressed in the semi-finals, where he will face the winner of the match between Shi Yu Qi of the seeded and Loh Kean Yew of Singapore.

India’s campaign in other categories ended in the second round of the oldest world tournament in the world which carries a scholarship of 1.45 million USD.

On Thursday, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty withdrew in a male double after an injury, Malvika Bansod came out in a single female, and the pair of mixed doubles by Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde also failed.