Dec 26, 2024 11:34 PM IST
India’s Lakshya Sen met badminton legend Lin Dan in Shenzhen, on Thursday.
Ace Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen is about to compete within the King Cup Worldwide Badminton Open 2024, which is scheduled to be held from December 27 to 29 in Shenzhen, China. The match has been launched by two-time Olympic champion and badminton legend Lin Dan.
Lakshya Sen met Lin Dan forward of his King Cup opener.
The match will function eight males’s singles gamers, who will combat for the inaugural version’s title. The match just isn’t a part of the BWF calendar, and doesn’t have an effect on factors of the gamers.
Lakshya, who’s the Commonwealth Video games champion, took half within the trophy presentation ceremony on Thursday, and in addition took to Instagram to submit photographs of the occasion. He additionally posted a photograph with the person behind this match, China’s Dan.
Lakshya Sen posted a photograph with Lin Dan.
Aside from Lakshya, the match will function Paris Olympics silver medallist Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand, reigning world champion Anders Antonsen of Denmark, 2021 world champion Loh Kean of Singapore, Angus Ng Ka Lengthy from Hong Kong and Frenchman Alex Lanier. The Chinese language problem will probably be led by 18-year-old native shuttlers Hu Zhe An and Wang Zi Jun, who’re ranked exterior the top-100.
Lakshya’s marketing campaign will start towards Hong Kong’s Angus Ng Ka Lengthy within the quarter-finals, on Friday. The competitors may also have a single-elimination format, with 10 fixtures.
In the meantime, Kunlavut will face Antonsen in his opener and Lainer will tackle native boy Zi Jun. In the meantime, Zhe An will face Kean Yew in his opener. After the openers, the semis will happen on Saturday. The third-place playoff and remaining will happen on Sunday.
Sunday may also see an exhibition match between Dan and Indonesia’s Taufik Hidayat. Hidayat can be a retired shuttler and the 2004 Olympics champion. Dan retired from the game in July 2020 after the world tour received cancelled as a result of COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.
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