Lakshya Sen vs Lee Zii Jia Paris Olympics 2024 Badminton Live Updates: India’s star badminton player Lakshya Sen will be eyeing the bronze medal in the Paris Olympics on Monday. The men’s singles badminton bronze medal match between Lakshya and Malaysia’s Li Ji Jia will be played from 6 pm onwards. Lakshya will try to get India’s fourth medal in Paris. India has won three medals so far, which have come in shooting.
Lakshya had to face defeat in straight games at the hands of Denmark’s Victor Axelsen in the semi-finals. Victor won 22-20 and 21-14. Lakshya had lost both the games after taking the lead. He is the first Indian male badminton player to play the semi-finals. At the same time, Jiya was defeated by Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the semi-finals.
Even though Lakshya lost the semi-finals, he still has a golden opportunity to create history. In fact, Lakshya can become the first Indian male badminton player to win bronze in the Olympics. Lakshya is considered a strong contender to win bronze as Victor also praised him.
“Lakshya is a great player,” Victor said after the semi-final. He has shown in this Olympics that he is a very strong badminton player and I am sure that in four years from now he will be one of the strong contenders to win the gold. An amazing talent, a great athlete and I wish him all the best.
5:20 PM – Lakshya Sen vs Lee Zii Jia Live Updates: 22-year-old Lakshya is the reigning Commonwealth Games champion and 2021 World Championships bronze medallist. He defeated world number 13 HS Prannoy 21-12 21-6 in a 39-minute pre-quarterfinal match. Lakshya defeated Chou Chen of Chinese Taipei 19-21, 21-15, 21-12 in the quarter-finals and entered the last four.
5:00 PM – Lakshya Sen vs Lee Zii Jia Live Updates: Lakshya deeply regrets missing the semi-finals. Lakshya said, “If I had won the first game, I would have had a good chance of winning the match.” He said, “In the second game also, I had a good start but could not maintain the lead.”
