: Badminton: Lakshya Sen to face Viktor Axelsen in All England Open final #IndiaNEWS India’s Lakshya Sen will face Danish top seed Viktor Axelsen in the men’s All England Open final after beating

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Badminton: Lakshya Sen to face Viktor Axelsen in All England Open final #IndiaNEWS
India’s Lakshya Sen will face Danish top seed Viktor Axelsen in the men’s All England Open final after beating Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia on Saturday.Sen battled to a thrilling 21-13, 12-21, 21-19 victory against defending champion Lee.The 20-year-old rising star, a World Championships bronze medallist, is just the fourth Indian man to make the All England final.“I’m happy that I got the crucial points. It’s a dream and now there’s one more match to go, so I will keep my focus and prepare for tomorrow,� Sen said.“Towards the end I was just trying to play one point at a time and not thinking of other things, that I was about to make the final or anything like that. “Those thoughts were coming in, but I was trying to stay focused.�In the other semi-final, Axelsen powered to a 21-13, 21-15 win over Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen.World number one Tai Tzu-ying was shocked by South Korea’s An Se-young 21-19, 21-13 in the women’s semi-finals.Tai, a three-time All England winner, was soundly beaten in just 40 minutes by the world number four.An will face Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi in Sunday’s final after she edged Chinese third seed Chen Yu Fei 21-11, 21-13.There will be an all-Indonesian men’s doubles final as two-time champions and number...Read more

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