Lakshya Sen settles for silver in the All England Badminton open
Lakshya Sen lost the final of the All England Badminton championship 2022 to Viktor Axelsen of Denmark on 20 March 2022. The tournament was held in the English city of Birmingham .The All England is one of the most prestigious badminton tournaments in the world.
So far only two Indians have won the tournament , Prakash Padukone in 1983 and Pullela Gopichand in 2000.
Other Results
Female singles title
Akane Yamguchi of Japan won the gold medal by defeating An Seyoung of South Korea in the finals.
Women's Doubles
Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida (both are Japanese ) defeated Zhang shu xian and Zheng Yu (both are Chinese ) in the final and won the Gold Medal .
The Bronze medal was won by the Indian pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela by defeating the South Korean pair of Jeong Na Eun and Kim Hye Jeong .
Mens Double titles
The Indonesian pair of Muhammad Shohib Fikri and Bagas Mualana defeated the Indonesian pair of Mohamad Ahsan and Hendra Satiwan to win the gold medal .
Mixed Doubles
The Japanese pair of Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higasano defeated the Chinese pair of Wang Yi Lyu and Huang Dong Ping to win the gold medal .
All England Badminton Championship
It is the world’s oldest badminton championship which was started in 1889 in England .
It was considered unofficially as the world badminton title until 1977 . After that the International Badminton Federation started its own world championship in 1978.
No Indian female player has ever won the women's single title at the All England championships .
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