Lakshya Sen vs Lee Zii Jia, Badminton Paris Olympics 2024 Males’s Singles Bronze Medal Match Stay Updates: Inside 24 hours of lacking out on the possibility of creating it to the lads’s singles last, Lakshya Sen is combating for the bronze medal on the Paris Olympics as he takes on Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia.
The 22-year-old Lakshya Sen was 20-17 up within the first sport of his semi-final in opposition to Viktor Axelsen, earlier than permitting the previous Olympic champion to attract degree at 20-20, after which win the primary sport 22-20. Within the second sport as effectively, Lakshya Sen was main 7-0 at one level. However then Axelsen quickly caught up with him earlier than profitable the semis in two video games.
The 2-time Olympic medal profitable Dane later admitted that Lakshya Sen had dominated quite a few phases of the sport earlier than he made a restoration to make one other Olympic last.
Even earlier than Monday night’s match for bronze, Lakshya Sen has already made historical past in Paris. He’s the primary Indian male shuttler to succeed in the semis of the Olympics. Earlier than him, solely Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu had made it to the semis, with each profitable medals. If Lakshya Sen wins the sport in opposition to Lee, this might be India’s fourth medal at Paris Olympics. To this point India have gained all bronze medals.
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