Sports News | All England Open: Lakshya Sen and Women's Doubles Pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly Advance to SF
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen advanced to the men's singles semi-final of the All England Championships here at Utilita Arena Birmingham after his Chinese opponent Lu Guang Zu gave him a walkover while Women's Doubles pair of P Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly stunned World silver medallist Lee Sohee and Shin Seungchan to enter last-4.
Birmingham [UK], March 18 (ANI): World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen advanced to the men's singles semi-final of the All England Championships here at Utilita Arena Birmingham after his Chinese opponent Lu Guang Zu gave him a walkover while Women's Doubles pair of P Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly stunned World silver medallist Lee Sohee and Shin Seungchan to enter last-4.
The 20-year-old Lakshya will face the winner of the match between Malaysia's sixth seed Lee Zii Jia and Japan's second seed Kento Momota in the semi-final.
The Almora lad is enjoying a decent run of form as he bagged a bronze medal in World Championship, secured his maiden Super 500 title at India Open in January and then claimed a runners-up finish at the German Open.
The unseeded Indian defeated the World No.3 Anders Antonsen by 21-16, 21-18 in the previous match.
In women's doubles, the Indian pair of P Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly defeated World no.2 and World Championship silver medallist pair of Lee Sohee and Shin Seungchan of South Korea 14-21, 22-20, 21-15 in a match that lasted for one hour and seven minutes to enter the semi-final.
The 19-year-old P Gayatri Gopichand and the 18-year-old Treesa Jolly lost the opening game and in the second game saved two match points to win it 22-20 and then won the third game to win the match in three games.
In men's doubles, the fifth-seeded Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty failed to make it to the semi-final losing 22-24 17-21 to Indonesian top seed Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo in 47 minutes. (ANI)
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