Paris olympics 2024: Lakshya Sen’s Win in First Round of Badminton Men’s Singles 'Deleted'! Indian shuttler Laskhya Sen began his paris olympics campaign with a convincing win over Guatemalan’s Kevin Cordon in the men’s singles Group L. However, the victory won’t count anymore after Cordon pulled out of the olympic games due to a left elbow injury.
In an official update, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said the results of all matches played, or yet to be played, involving Cordon are ‘now considered deleted’.Guatemalan men’s singles player Kevin Cordon has withdrawn from the paris 2024 olympic games Badminton Competition due to a left elbow injury,” the BWF said in an update.
“His remaining Group L matches against Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie (Court 2, 2pm local time, 29 July 2024) and Julien Carraggi of belgium (Court 3, ‘Not Before’ 9.20 am local time, 31 July 2024) will not be played. Matches on these courts in each respective session have been rescheduled.“As per BWF General Competition Regulations for group stage play, the results of all matches played, or yet to be played, involving Cordon in Group L are now considered deleted,” the sport’s global governing body added.
The withdrawal of Cordon, a
tokyo olympics semifinalist, means Group L will now be considered a three-player affair, involving Christie and Carraggi of
belgium besides Sen. The 22-year-old
indian will be the only player in the group to have played three matches as the other two will need to compete in two matches to make it to the knockout stage.Sen defeated Kevin Cordon 21-8, 22-20 in the Group L match of the ongoing
paris Olympics. Lakshya won in straight sets with the match lasting 42 minutes. The
indian shuttler got off to a flying start after winning the first game 21-8 in 14 minutes. Cordon took a commanding lead in the second and had four game points but the 22-year-old
indian turned things around by winning six points in a row to wrap up the game and match.
Sen will face Carraggi on
monday and take on Christie in his final group match on Wednesday.
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