Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen Highlights, All England Badminton Championship: Axelsen beats Sen 21-10, 21-15 to win second title

Certainly does have the makings of a champion, does Sen

The young man’s time will come. Let us be patient with @lakshya_sen and wait for him to explode at Paris 2024 if not before. And also congratulations to @ViktorAxelsen who is once again the King of England

— Digvijay Singh Deo (@DiggySinghDeo) March 20, 2022

Here’s the winning moment!

There was stopping him today 💪 🇩🇰

Viktor Axelsen at his imperious best, as he wins the YONEX All England Men’s Singles with a 21-10 21-15 victory over Lakshya Sen!#YAE22 pic.twitter.com/ZPPv5qZ1Qv

— 🏆 Yonex All England Badminton Championships 🏆 (@YonexAllEngland) March 20, 2022

What a tournament this has turned out to be for world No 1 Viktor Axelsen, who didn’t drop a single game on his way to his second men’s singles title at badminton’s oldest running competition!

Lakshya Sen though can take heart from continuing his stupendous form in the international circuit, winning bronze in the world championships, followed by a victory at the India Open and a runner-up finish at the German Open!

Viktor Axelsen wins his 2nd All England Open Badminton Championships title! Defeats Lakshya Sen, making his maiden appearance in the men’s singles final 21-10, 21-15

Sen tries mounting a late comeback with a couple of consecutive points before firing one into the net to hand the Dane the title!

Men’s Singles final, LIVE SCORE, Game 2: Lakshya Sen 12-19 Viktor Axelsen

Viktor Axelsen is just two points away from sealing his 2nd title! Despite putting up a brave fight, Sen’s a long way off from drawing level in Game 2. The Indians in the crowd aren’t giving up yet though, going on with their “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” chants!

Men’s Singles final, LIVE SCORE, Game 2: Lakshya Sen 10-16 Viktor Axelsen

Axelsen widens the gulf between him and the Indian after conceding three consecutive points. Sen, meanwhile, also wastes both of his challenges. The Dane’s starting to sniff victory now!

Men’s Singles final, LIVE SCORE, Game 2: Lakshya Sen 8-11 Viktor Axelsen

Sen collects the first three points on the other side of the mid-game interval to keep his hopes of drawing level alive!

Men’s Singles final, LIVE SCORE, Game 2: Lakshya Sen 5-11 Viktor Axelsen

Sen is giving his absolute best at the moment, returning an explosive smash with a heroic leap to his right and deflecting a couple of more smashes thereafter, but Axelsen ultimately prevails as he leads by six at the mid-game interval

Men’s Singles final, LIVE SCORE, Game 2: Lakshya Sen 4-8 Viktor Axelsen

Axelsen is back in the lead after Sen draws level with him at four-all, reeling off the next four points with the latest coming off a cross-court jump smash.

Men’s Singles final, LIVE SCORE, Game 2: Lakshya Sen 4-4 Viktor Axelsen

Sen collects four out of the next five points after conceding a 3-0 lead to the Dane, and has caught up with his opponent for the first time tonight!

Plenty of support from the crowd at the moment. Looks like a lot of Indians have turned up at the venue.

Men’s Singles final, LIVE SCORE, Game 2: Lakshya Sen 0-3 Viktor Axelsen

Axelsen opens up another 3-0 lead! He’s looking in ominous form tonight. It’s now or never as far Lakshya’s hopes of a maiden title are concerned.

Men’s Singles final, LIVE SCORE, Game 1: Lakshya Sen 10-21 Viktor Axelsen

Viktor Axelsen takes Game 1 rather comfortably, and is one step away from winning his second All England title! Sen collects a couple of late points before hitting one beyond the side line to concede the opening game.

Men’s Singles final, LIVE SCORE, Game 1: Lakshya Sen 7-19 Viktor Axelsen

The World No 1 is proving too good for the Indian, who wastes a challenge along the way, at the moment, and is just two points away from sealing Game 1 and having one hand on the title!

Men’s Singles final, LIVE SCORE, Game 1: Lakshya Sen 5-13 Viktor Axelsen

Some deft net play from Sen on the other side of the water break, and he has collected three of the last four points! The Indian certainly appears a lot more charged up at the moment.

Has been Axelsen all the way!

Men’s Singles final, LIVE SCORE, Game 1: Lakshya Sen 2-11 Viktor Axelsen

Viktor Axelsen’s bossing Game 1 of the men’s singles final so far, going 11-2 up against Lakshya Sen at the break, reeling off five consecutive points. Can the Indian mount a comeback from here?

Men’s Singles final, LIVE SCORE, Game 1: Lakshya Sen 2-6 Viktor Axelsen

Sen concedes six points to the world No 1 before opening his account with a cross-court smash! He then follows up with an intense rally and collects a second consecutive point with another smash. Sen’s back in the contest!

Men’s Singles final, LIVE SCORE, Game 1: Lakshya Sen 0-3 Viktor Axelsen

The Dane seizes the early lead after starting off with the service. Bit of a shaky start for the Indian in his quest for his maiden title.

The two men’s singles finalists make their way to Court No 6 for the grand finale! The action is about to get underway!

Paul Buffham will serve as the umpire for the final fixture of the tournament.

— Viktor Axelsen, currently ranked No 1 in the world in men’s singles who also happens to be the current Olympic champion, is set to make his fourth consecutive appearance in the All England Open final.

— Lakshya Sen, who’s currently top of the BWF World Tour rankings, makes his maiden appearance in the summit clash.

— Sen had earlier beaten Axelsen in the 2022 German Open, his only victory against the Dane. Axelsen leads in the head-to-head record 4-1.

Japan’s Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino win their second consecutive All England title after beating Chinese pair Wang Yi Lyu and Huang Dong Ping 21-19, 21-19 in the Mixed Doubles final!

The Men’s Singles final between Lakshya Sen and Viktor Axelsen’s next!

The moment Yamaguchi sealed her maiden All England title!
 

Akane Yamaguchi is the Women’s Singles YONEX All England Champion! 🏆 https://t.co/7Ml1rOY60C pic.twitter.com/KbBbFyd4j4

— 🏆 Yonex All England Badminton Championships 🏆 (@YonexAllEngland) March 20, 2022

Turned out to be some prediction from the legendary Indian shuttler

A decade back when we started supporting a tiny ⁦@lakshya_sen⁩, & shifted him to PPBA Bangalore, Prakash Padukone sir told me that one day this boy will conquer the world. I laughed. But he obviously wasn’t joking. ⁦@OGQ_India⁩ ⁦@ppbaindia⁩ ⁦@Sports_PDCSE⁩ pic.twitter.com/R8cZyrLv35

— Viren Rasquinha (@virenrasquinha) March 19, 2022

Can Sen go one step further and join an even more exclusive club tonight?

🇮🇳 @lakshya_sen has joined an elite list of 🇮🇳 shuttlers! 🤩🔥

Congratulations, champ! 👏 👏@himantabiswa | @AJAYKUM78068675 #AllEngland2022#IndiaontheRise #Badminton pic.twitter.com/InlqPPyf4v

— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) March 19, 2022

Results so far today:

Women’s Singles final: Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) defeated An Se-young (South Korea) 21-15, 21-15.

Men’s Doubles final: Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana (Indonesia) defeated Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia) 21-19, 21-13.

Women’s Doubles final: Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida (Japan) defeated Zhang Shu Xian and Zheng Yu (China) 21-13, 21-9.

Lakshya, who’s been having a stellar season so far, became only the fourth Indian in the final of the men’s singles event at the All England Open Badminton Championships after a gruelling semi-final victory over Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia in a contest that lasted an hour and 16 minutes.

“Towards the end, I was just trying to not think about the things that was going around, it was an All England semifinal and the thoughts were coming in but I was trying to keep myself focussed,” Sen said after his victory.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the 2022 All England Open Badminton Championships men’s singles final between Lakshya Sen and world No 1 Viktor Axelsen.