LIVE: Olympics 2024 Men’s Badminton Semifinals Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen© AFP
Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen, Men’s Singles Semi-Finals, Live Updates: Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen is facing Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen in badminton men’s singles semi-final match at Paris Olympics 2024 on Sunday. The Indian star put a dominant show in the majority part of the first game and almost won it before losing his nerves towards the end to see Axelsen taking advantage of it. Axelsen took the first game 22-20. Making his Olympics debut, Sen created history on Friday after becoming the first Indian individual male shuttler to reach the last four of the showpiece with a 19-21 21-15 21-12 win over Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen in an intense quarterfinal match.
Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen Live Updates, Olympics Badminton Men’s Singles Semi-Finals:
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16:17 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Poor from Lakshya
Lakshya Sen took a lead but soon conceded a point by hitting it outside the tramline while trying to drop the shuttle on the left side of Axelsen. It’s 12 all at the moment.
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16:14 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Lakshya leads 11-10
A slender lead for Lakshya at the first half of the second game. He is 11-10 ahead after Axelsen hit one out of the tramline.
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16:13 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Brilliant judgement!
Victor Axelsen is fighting his way back into the second game. This was a brilliant judgement from him as he realised too early that Lakshya shot will go outside the line. A powerful shot from Axelsen and the scores are level now.
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16:11 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Axelsen is back
An error in judgement from Lakshya and then a hit caught at net. Lakshya then fails to receive one smash of Axelsen, losing a total of three points in the process. Lakshya now has a slender lead of 8-7.
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16:09 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Lakshya back on track
Lakshya Sen took a 7-0 lead against Victor Axelsen before conceding three points on trot. A smart smash and Lakshya is back on track with a 8-3 lead.
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16:06 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Lakshya leads 6-0
Lakshya Sen has taken a 6-0 lead in the second game.
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16:05 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Brilliant from Lakshya!
Lakshya is off to a terrific start in the second game, leading 5-0 vs Victor Axelsen.
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16:02 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Axelsen wins first game!
Lakshya Sen has lost the first game 20-22 against Victor Axelsen. Not to take the credit away from the Denmark star but Lakshya was simply losing his nerve towards the end of the first game and that played a crucial role in him losing it.
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16:00 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Scores level!
The scores are level at 20 all now as Lakshya has hit it outside the line. Axelsen showed good composure to judge it well.
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15:58 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: It’s 20-19
Thsi is a neck-and-neck battle between the two stars now. Victor Axelsen is not giving up. Lakshya has a narrow lead.
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15:57 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Crucial point!
Axelsen has hit it outside the ilne and Lakshya now takes a two-point lead. Make it three and it is now the game point for him. Lakshya is 20-17 ahead.
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15:56 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Good comeback from Axelsen
Viktor Axelsen has made a remarkable comeback as he has earned 3 points. Lakshya is still in lead with the scores reading 18-16.
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15:54 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Lakshya leads 18-13
A brilliant smash from Lakshya Sen and he is now closing in on a win in the first game.
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15:51 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Lakshya at his best!
Lakshya Sen is literally toying with Victor Axelsen now. He lost two points to the Denmark star but now has made a superb comeback with a powerful smash. Lakshya gets another point and now leads 17-11.
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15:49 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: That goes out!
This time Axelsen has made a good judgement as the shuttle went out of the back line. Axelsen is now trailing 10-15 vs Lakshya in first game.
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15:47 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Lakshya extends lead
A poor judgement from Axelsen and Lakshya is now leading 12-9. And just when I type this, there is a brilliant judgement from Lakshya and he takes his lead to 13-9.
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15:46 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Lakshya leads 11-9
It’s the first half of the first game and Lakshya Sen is leading 11-9. He put a powerful smash to the right side of Axelsen and that was challenged by the Denmark star. He lost the review and the point as well.
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15:45 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Brilliant!
That is a sensational smash from Lakshya to the right of Axelsen and the latter could not save it. He just watches it fall on the second half of the court. Lakshya leads 10-9.
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15:44 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Axelsen in lead!
Lakshya first made an error in judgement as the shuttle fell inside the line behind him and on the next change Axelsen took a lead only to see Lakshya making scores level at 9.
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15:42 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: An intense fight!
Lakshya Sen took a lead to make it 7-6 but Axelsen responded with a perfect smash to Lakshya’s left side to gain a point. As I type this, Axelsen has failed to clear a smash of Lakshya and the shuttle hit the net to fall back on his side. Lakshya now leads 8-7.
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15:39 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: Scores level!
A point for Lakshya Sen and the scores are level now at 6. This is a brilliant comeback from Lakshya.
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15:35 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: The match begins!
The semi-final of badminton men’s singles between Lakshya Sen and Viktor Axelsen is underway. The Denmark star is leading 4-1 in the first game at the moment.
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15:19 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Semis Live: History-maker Lakshya
Lakshya Sen is the first-ever men’s player in the history of Indian badminton to enter the semi-finals of Olympics. In the semi-finals, he takes on Viktor Axelsen. The two of them have faced each other eight times in singles matches, where Axelsen won seven games.
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15:13 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Badminton Men’s Singles Semis Live: Lakshya’s brilliant win vs Christie
Sen quite literally turned on the style with his incredible strokeplay during his march into the Olympics’ pre-quarterfinals on Wednesday but one particular shot which left everyone, including his opponent Jonatan Christie, stunned was a jaw-dropping behind-the-back return. Leading 19-18, Sen and Christie were engaged in a rally when the Indonesian rushed to the net and put the shuttle away on the Indian’s backhand. However, Sen didn’t bat an eyelid, neither changed his position much, and managed to play that outrageous shot with the help of his power wrist as the shuttle lopped across the net.
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15:02 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Badminton Men’s Singles Semis Live: Live Streaming of the match.
The semi-final between Lakshya Sen and Viktor Axelsen will be complete thriller. Here are the Live Streaming details of this highly anticipated game.
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14:59 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Badminton Men’s Singles Semis Live: Lakshya eyes finale berth
Making his Olympics debut, Sen created history on Friday after becoming the first Indian individual male shuttler to reach the last four of the showpiece with a 19-21 21-15 21-12 win over Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen in an intense quarterfinal match. The Indian will have yet another uphill task at hand when he takes on Axelsen, the baby-faced badminton giant, who has terrorised his opponents in the last few years. Sen now eyes the finale berth, in order to secure a medal.
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14:57 (IST)
Lakshya vs Axelsen Badminton Men’s Singles Semis Live: Hello
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the badminton men’s singles semi-final of Paris Olympics 2024 between Lakshya Sen and Viktor Axelsen. Stay tuned for all the live updates.
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