The Moment Lakshya Sen Created History By Reaching Semi-Finals At Paris Olympics

Lakshya Sen's sensational Paris Olympics campaign continues to rise to new heights as he stormed into the semi-finals of Badminton Men's Singles after beating Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien-Chen 19-21, 21-15, 21-12. 

In doing so, Lakshya Sen has become the first Indian Male to reach the semi-finals in Badminton in the history of Olympics. 

The moment Lakshya Sen scripted history

Lakshya Sen scripted history for India with his win and was completely dominant at Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien-Chen. Despite losing the first set, Lakshya Sen roared back in the final two sets to win. 

Lakshya Sen sealed his victory with a 21-12 in the final set and did so in an immaculately calm manner in his winning rally. 

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Lakshya Sen India's lone wolf in Badminton

Lakshya Sen mounted a remarkable comeback to become the first male Indian shuttler to qualify for the singles semifinals at the Olympic Games, outwitting Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen in an intense battle, here on Friday.

PV Sindhu and the pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had lost their respective matches on Thursday to bow out of the Games.

Sindhu and Saina Nehwal are the only Indians to have crossed the quarterfinal stage in Olympics. In men's singles, Parupalli Kashyap and Kidambi Srikanth had reached the quarterfinals in 2012 London and 2016 Rio editions respectively.

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In the Semis, Unlike the first two games, the decider unfolded in Sen's favour with Chou making uncharacteristic unforced errors. His returns lost sting and he kept spraying the shuttle out even as Sen played at a high pace with his returns, smashes and the drop shots finding their mark.

Sen quickly build up a healthy 16-11 lead, which Chou failed to bridge. A superb cross court smash gave Sen eight match point chances and he sealed it when Chou hit the net after a flat exchange.

(With PTI Inputs)