Horsens , Lakshya Sen fought exhausting however went down in a 3 video games to world No. 7 Li Shi Feng to depart India path 0-1 in opposition to China of their closing Group A tie of the Thomas Cup Finals right here on Wednesday.
Lakshya, who had crushed Li en path to a runner-up end on the All England Championships final month, couldn’t replicate that kind within the decider, taking place 19-21 21-8 12-21.
India will now look to stage the tie by means of the world No. 4 pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who face world No. 5 duo Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang.
Within the remaining matches, Ayush Shetty will tackle Weng Hong Yang, whereas the doubles pair of Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun will meet He Ji Ting and Ren Xiang Yu.
Lakshya vs Li
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Lagging behind 3-6, Lakshya combined his assault with a cross-court slice and a pointy smash earlier than clawing again as Li went vast. The 2 traded steep smashes earlier than Li capitalised on a collection of weak lifts to maneuver forward 10-8 and carry a slender benefit into the break.
Lakshya erased the deficit after the interval and edged forward 14-13, however the contest became a decent slugfest with each gamers locked at 19-19 earlier than Li produced two decisive factors to take the opening recreation.
The second recreation was one-way visitors as Lakshya raced to 5-0 after which 11-2, aided by a string of unforced errors from Li. The Indian maintained relentless strain to drive a decider.
Within the third recreation, Lakshya trailed 1-4 however recovered to 7-7. Nonetheless, Li opened up a cushion on the interval after forcing errors from the Indian.
Lakshya briefly threatened at 10-12 after profitable a protracted rally with a exact cross-court return, however repeated errors on his smashes allowed Li to regain management.
The Chinese language shuttler stretched the result in 17-12 and shortly earned eight match factors, changing the chance with a medical cross-court smash.
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