Lakshya Sen to take on Viktor Axelsen for men's singles title of All England Open Badminton Championship

In Badminton, India's Lakshya Sen will take on World Number 1 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the men's singles final of the All England Open 2022 in Birmingham this evening. The match may start around 8:30 PM IST (tentatively).

Sen moved into the finals following a hard-fought win over defending champion Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia. Sen stunned Lee 21-13, 12-21, 21-19 to reach the summit clash.

Top seed Axelsen, on the other, had defeated fourth-seeded Chou Tien-Chen in straight games (21-13, 21-15) to reach the final.

Sen and Axelsen have met five times earlier with the World Number 1 winning four times and the Indian winning just once in the most recent meeting in Germany.

Last week at the German Open, the Indian shuttler made a stunning comeback in the third and final game of the semifinal against reigning Olympic Gold medallist Axelsen to win the match 21-13, 12-21, 22-20.