: All England: PV Sindhu reaches quarter-final, Lakshya Sen goes down fighting against Viktor Axelsen #IndiaNEWS On paper, it was a straight-games defeat for Lakshya Sen but he showed plenty of fight

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All England: PV Sindhu reaches quarter-final, Lakshya Sen goes down fighting against Viktor Axelsen #IndiaNEWS
On paper, it was a straight-games defeat for Lakshya Sen but he showed plenty of fight in the second round match against Viktor Axelsen in Birmingham on Thursday before going down 17-21, 18-21. Later in the day, reigning world champion PV Sindhu made it to the quarter-final with a solid performance against former world No 2 Sung Ji Hyun. The Indian teenager, making his debut at the Super 1000 level on the tour, was eliminated in the round of 16 but he pushed the former world No 1 Dane all the way in a match that lasted 45 minutes. Sen, ranked 29 in the world, came into this match on the back of a come-from-behind win against world No 18 Lee Cheuk Yiu on Wednesday. He started the match on even terms against Axelsen, matching the tall Dane shot for shot. The standout aspect of the match was how Axelsen engaged Sen in long, punishing rallies but the Indian did well to stay in the points long enough. Sen mixed defence well with aggression, as he emerged on the right side of a 50-plus shot rally.But Axelsen stayed ahead overall, building a three-point lead on a couple of occasions. Every time Axelsen, pulled...Read more

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