World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen superior to the lads’s singles semifinals of the All England Championships after his opponent Lu Guang Zu of China gave a walkover right here on Friday.
The 20-year-old from Almora, who had secured his maiden Super 500 title at India Open in January after which claimed a runners-up end on the German Open final week, will face the winner of the match between Malaysia’s sixth seed Lee Zii Jia and Japan’s second seed Kento Momota within the final 4 spherical.
Fifth seeded Indian pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, nonetheless, didn’t cross the quarterfinal hurdle shedding 22-24 17-21 to Indonesian high seed Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo in 47 minutes.
Sen had shocked world no 3 and two-time medallist at World Championships Anders Antonsen of Denmark 21-16 21-18 on Thursday to achieve the quarterfinals.
The Indian had defeated world no 1 and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark on his option to his maiden Super 300 remaining final week.
