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All England final as it happened: Viktor Axelsen ends Lakshya Sen's ... (ESPN)

Lakshya Sen takes on world No 1 Viktor Axelsen in the final of the All England Badminton Championships.

The 20-year-old Sen became only the fourth men's singles player to reach the final of the prestigious tournament after outlasting defending champion Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia 21-13, 12-21, 21-19 in a gruelling semi-final that lasted one hour and 16 minutes. A week back, Sen had recorded his first win over former world champion Axelsen en route to his final appearance at the German Open but he couldn't get past the Dane's defence this time. The 20-year-old, only the fourth men's singles player to reach the final of the prestigious tournament, went down 10-21, 15-21 to former champion Axelsen in match that lasted 53 minutes.

All England Open 2022 Highlights, Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen (Hindustan Times)

Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen, All England Open Badminton Championships 2022 Final Highlights Score: Lakshya Sen finishes runner-up after losing to ...

We will be seeing an Indian in the All England final for the first time since 2015. Both Lakshya and Axelsen had fought tooth and nail in the German Open. Can the youngster end India's 21-year-wait for a title at All England C'ships? Third All England title for Watanabe/Higashino. They beat Wang/Huang 21-19, 21-19 in 58 minutes. No chance for Viktor to return it. That's gone way past the backline and Lakshya finally gets a point. Lakshya has to stay patient here and wait for his chances. Great attacking play from Viktor! He's using his height to control the play here and Lakshya had no chance to return that. Lovely defence from Lakshya but Viktor set the Indian up nicely. A six-point cushion for Viktor and he has to just stay calm and let Lakshya make errors. Viktor finally got the winning point to defeat Lakshya! He's won the title without dropping a game in the tournament. Kudos to Axelsen, who prepared himself well after losing to Lakshya in the German Open semi-final last week.

Lakshya Sen loses All England final to World No. 1 Viktor Axelsen (Times of India)

Badminton News: After igniting the hopes of millions of Indians, Lakshya Sen lost 21-10, 21-15 to World No.1 and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark ...

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India's Lakshya Sen loses to Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in ... (Business Insider India)

Lakshya Sen's dream run at the All England Championships ended with a heartbreaking straight-game loss against world number one and Olympic champion Viktor.

I have to keep playing continuously at the top level and now I know what it is like to be playing in the big circuit. Every match is important and I have to be prepared and it gives me a lot of confidence," Sen said. "In the opening game, I committed a lot of errors, that cost me the game. The Indian won a 70-shot rally after Axelsen made a wrong judgement at baseline. I played really crucial match yesterday and that gave me confidence but credit to him for playing a perfect game." Trailing 10-17, Sen tried to engage his rival in long rallies. "In the opening game, I committed a lot of errors, that cost me the game. The Indian won a 70-shot rally after Axelsen made a wrong judgement at baseline. "I thnk the strategy was there. I played really crucial match yesterday and that gave me confidence but credit to him for playing a perfect game." Trailing 10-17, Sen tried to engage his rival in long rallies. "I thnk the strategy was there.

Lakshya Sen's run ends with loss to Viktor Axelsen in final (The Tribune)

Lakshya Sen's dream run at the All England Championships ended with a heartbreaking straight-game loss against world No. 1 and Olympics champion Viktor ...

I played really crucial match yesterday and that gave me confidence but credit to him for playing a perfect game,” Sen said. “In the opening game, I committed a lot of errors, that cost me the game. “I thnk the strategy was there. I played him last week but today he was looking solid in attack and defence as well. He was really patient and played a really good game,” Sen said. I was there in the second game but again he was too solid for me to put the shuttle down,” he added.

Viktor Axelsen proves too tall a barrier for Lakshya Sen in maiden All ... (The Indian Express)

The lead kept growing far too much for Sen to catch up. Unlike the whole tournament, he was also a bundle of nerves on the day. Expectedly too.

Sen allowed pressure to pop his nerves but also, his frog-like diving and bouncing back wasn’t enough for the sting in Axelsen’s strokes. But his errors – he went wide and long routinely on the day – weren’t abating to give him relief. A time came in the second game when Sen looked to be on the brink of launching his typical comeback. But for once the man in front of him wasn’t going to falter at the first hint of resistance either. Sen threw his defence at the Dane in the second, and strung together points in long rallies including a 70-shot scorcher. His tosses disoriented Sen, who was forced to defend high and deep on the backline.