Highlights from the 2022 All England Open Finals: Viktor Axelsen defeats Lakshya Sen 21-10, 21-15

 Finals of the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2022 Highlights: Lakshya Sen's fantasy run at the All England Championships came to an end on Sunday with a painful straight-game loss in the men's singles final against world number one and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen, extending India's 21-year wait for the prized trophy.

 

Sen, 20, failed on the edge of history after making too many faults to lose 10-21 15-21 to former champion Axelsen in a lopsided summit fight that lasted 53 minutes at the Barclaycard Arena after four days of fantastic badminton.

 

"I believe the strategy was in place. I played him last week, but he looked good tonight in both offence and defence. Sen commented after the game, "He was really patient and played a very good game." "I made a lot of mistakes in the first game, and it cost me the game." In the second game, I was there, but he was too solid for me to put the shuttle down."

 

After defeating reigning champion Lee Zii Jia in a gruelling semifinal on Saturday, Sen became only the fifth Indian to reach the final of the famous championship, joining Prakash Nath (1947), Prakash Padukone (1980, 1981), Pullela Gopichand (2001), and Saina Nehwal (2015).