Paris Olympics 2024: Lakshya started the match brilliantly and scored five consecutive points to take a 5-0 lead. The Indian player was ahead 11-2 until the break. Even after the break, Lakshya maintained his dominance and took the score to 18-5. Kevin started the second game better and took a 4-1 lead.
PARIS OLYMPICS 2024: (PHOTO-OLYMPIC KHEL)
India’s Lakshya Sen started the badminton men’s singles event of the Paris Olympics with a win; he defeated world number 41 player Kevin Cordon in straight games in Group L. World number 18 player Lakshya faced a tough fight from Guatemala’s Kevin in the second game, but the Indian player managed to win 21-8, 22-20 in 42 minutes. Lakshya started the match brilliantly and took a 5-0 lead by scoring five consecutive points. The Indian player was ahead 11-2 until the break. Even after the break, Lakshya maintained his dominance and took the score to 18-5.
The rhythm of the target got disturbed in between
Lakshya got 12 game points with a cross-court smash at 19-8, and then Kevin hit a shot outside the court to give the Indian player the first game.
Kevin started the second game better and took a 4-1 lead.
Kevin took advantage of Lakshya’s mistakes and went ahead 11-6 at the break. During this, Lakshya hit many shots on and off the net.
Lakshya made a strong comeback
The Guatemalan player extended his lead to 15-8 with some powerful smashes and exquisite shots.
Lakshya then came back strongly and scored six consecutive points at 16-20 to win the game and the match 22-20.
Guided by the experienced Prakash Padukone and Vimal Kumar from the court corner, Sen saved his best for the final minute of the match as he scored four consecutive points to level the score at 20-20 and then won two more points to seal the match.
India also won in men’s doubles
At the same time, the pair of Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Sen, medal contenders in the Paris Olympics (Paris Olympic 2024), registered an easy win in the first round of the men’s doubles event on Saturday. In the men’s doubles, Satwik and Chirag defeated France’s Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar 21-17, 21-14 in a match that lasted 46 minutes.
