India vs China Badminton LIVE Score men’s team final, Asian Games 2023: Lakshya wins first game 22-20 vs Shi Yuqi; Hangzhou updates

Sen drops a couple of points. First, his return goes long before Shi won a point with a cross-court smash.

A wide shot from Yuqi and Lakshya gets a free points after opening account with a point.

The scoreline will read the same – IND (Lakshya Sen) – CHN (Yuqi Shi)

Lakshya comes from behind to win this game. Yuqi Shi failed to return a near-perfect smash from the Indian as Sen put India in an early lead. Can he win the second game to give India a 1-0 lead?

Lovely stuff from Sen to win a point with a cracker of a smash. Game point for the Indian now! Can he convert?

Lakshya roars as he wins to save a game point after engaging in a marathon rally with Shi.

Sen allowed Shi to be on offensive position as he drops another point and it is game point for the Chinese.

Sen wins back a point to restore parity.

Yuqi Shi is able to get the better of the Indian on multiple occasions. He comes in the lead after Sen missed to return a half-body smash.

Lakshya replies with a smash that the Chinese missed. Sen drops a point with low net play.

Sen wins a point with a lovely strong smash but he falters twice as the score remains at 16-all.

Sen’s return finds the net before he misses to time his return on a body smash to give two consecutive points to the Chinese.

Yuqi Shi and Sen play out a lovely rally before the Chinese take second point in succession with a timely smash.

Lakshya takes back a point but makes an unforced error by going for an aggressive smash too near to the court.

A cross-court net play gives a point to the Chinese.

Lakshya asked for some taping on his fingers before winning a point.

Yuqi takes a point back after sending Lakshya to the left side of the court and directing his return to the right side.

Cheeky return from Lakshya who changed the direction of his shot to catch Yuqi off guard and win a point.

Powerful smash from Yuqi who gets good elevation and a difficult angle for Sen to counter. The lead is now of four points for the Indian.

Sen gets two consecutive points to lead by five points in the first game of match 1.

Points were traded as Sen shot out before forcing Yuqi to angle his return wide.

Sen tried to go for a light shot but found the net to give a point to Yuqi.

A brilliant rally from Laskya and Yuqi. The Chinese won a point after forcing an error from Laksya.

Three consecutive points for the young Indian as he runs away with the lead.

Yuqi slowly making his presence felt. He cuts down Lakshya’s lead by two points.

World no. 6 Yuqi gets the first points after Sen shoots wide. He recovers well to get a point via cross-court smash.

Lakshya is quick to extend his lead to three points. Yuqi Shi will look to close down the points quickly.

Lakshya is off to a good start as he gets off the mark with a cross-court smash.

The scores will read IND (Lakshya Sen) – CHN (Yuqi Shi)

Lakshya Sen is up against Shi Yuqi.

India beat South Korea 3-2

China beat Japan 3-1

Singles: Shi Yuqi, Li Shifeng, Wen Hong Yan

Doubles: Young duo Liang Weikeng – Wang Chang, Liu Yuchen – Ou Xuanyi

Singles: Mithun Manjunath, Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikant.

Doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, Sai Pratheek and Dhruv Kapila

Big miss for India as its in-form shuttler HS Prannoy will reportedly miss the final due to a back injury.

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The 19th edition of the Asian Games will be telecast live across the Sony Sports Network and can also be streamed live on the Sony LIV app/website

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