All England Open Badminton Championships 2023 Round 1 games to watch: H.S. Prannoy vs Wang Tzu-wei; Lakshya Sen vs fifth-seeded Chou Tien-Chen; K. Srikanth vs Toma Junior Popov; Saina Nehwal; and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in the doubles.
What drives Lakshya Sen, the first Indian since Saina Nehwal in 2015, and the first Indian man since P. Gopichand in 2001, to reach the All England final.
All England finals: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Lakhsya Sen for putting up a spirited fight and expressed confidence that he would keep scaling new heights of success.
All England Championships: Lakshya Sen, who has responding to congratulatory messages, replied with a thank-you note. “Always behind you. Cheering,” Mahindra said.
In the final at St. Jakobshalle, the top seed defeated the Dane 21-15, 12-21, 21-14 in 47 minutes in their first career meeting. This is the first time an Indian male has won the title after compatriot Saina Nehwal clinched back-to-back women's singles crowns in 2011 and 2012.