All England Badminton Championship: Lakshya Sen in second round, Pranay out.

Birmingham. Indian players’ performance in the All England Badminton Championships has been mixed. India’s Lakshya Sen made a strong comeback after losing the first game and made it to the second round of the men’s singles of the All England Badminton Championship on Tuesday. At the same time, the second star player HS Prannoy got out of the straight game with the defeat. Lakshya, the world number 15 player, defeated Chinese Taipei’s 37th number 37-number Sue Li Yang in the first round of this Super 1000 competition 13-21, 21-17, 21-15.

Almora’s 23 -year target will face Jonathan Christie in Indonesia in the second round. Lakshya defeated Christie while finishing fourth in the Paris Olympics last year. World Championships 2023 and Asian Games bronze medalist Prannoy, 32, suffered a 19-21, 16-21 defeat against the world’s number 17, France’s number 17 Toma Junior Popov in 53 minutes.

In the mixed doubles, the pair of Satish Kumar Karunakaran and Adya Variath lost 6-21, 15-21 in 51 minutes against the world number seven pair of Guo Shin Wa and Chen Feng Hui. Lakshya scored 17–17 in the second game after losing the first game. The Indian player then took advantage of Yang’s mistakes to make the match 1-1 with four consecutive points. In the decisive game, the target brake was ahead 11–9. Yang equalized the score at 15-15 but the target won the game and match with six consecutive points.

Earlier, the world number 29 Indian player Prannoy made a 6-1 lead. Pranay was ahead 15–12 at one time but lagged behind Povov’s pressure. Popov took a 19–18 lead with three consecutive points on a score of 16-18 and then won the first game. Popov appeared more confident in the second game. He took a 5-3 lead and then scored 13-9. Prannoy returned to the score of 13-13, but the French player won the game and match, keeping patients patients with patience.