Lakshya Sen vs Lee Zii Jia Paris Olympics 2024 Bronze Medal Match: When And Where To Watch Indian Shuttler In Action

Young Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen has archives beckoning for him as he gets geared up to take on Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia within the bronze medal more ordinary at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Monday (August 5). Sen, who became the first male Indian shuttler to attain the Olympic semifinals, heartbreakingly lost to defending champion and No. 2 seed Viktor Axelsen in straight video games after giving a actual complex battle to the Danish star.

The 22-year-previous Indian star lost to Axelsen 22-20, 21-14 after retaining a couple of sport points within the first. If Sen manages to get the more awesome of Zii Jia, he turns into the first Indian male shuttler to bag a medal at the Olympics.

Zii Jia lost Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn within the contrary semifinal. Vitidsarn will battle Axelsen for the gold medal later on Monday.

“Lakshya is an incredible participant. He has shown on this Olympics that he is an extraordinarily, very sturdy competitor and I'm constructive in four years from now, he can be one amongst the favourites to win the gold,” Axelsen became quoted as announcing on ‘Jio Cinema’ after the semifinal win.

“An dazzling capabilities and an great guy and I go for him every of the actual. He became taking part in so actual within the large points of the two video games, then far and wide again I managed to rest and play some of essentially the most correct sport and win the more ordinary. Then far and wide again all credit ranking to him as actual,” he introduced.

Lakshya can be very hopeful of securing as a minimal a bronze in opposition to Zii Jia, in opposition to whom he has a constructive head-to-head checklist. Sen has defeated the Malaysian in four out of 5 fits between the two until date.

The two final faced off within the All England Open badminton championships previous than this year, with Sen popping out on true 20-22, 21-sixteen and 21-19. Lee’s one and basically win over Lakshya came at the 2022 BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals with a 23-21, 21-9 margin.

Brace yourselves, the bronze-medal more ordinary is practically correct here

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