TWINKLE TWINKLE SHUTTLE STAR
The Times of India Mumbai|December 18, 2021
Lakshya Sen Is Youngest Indian To Win Men’s Singles Medal At Worlds, Meets Srikanth In All-Indian SF; Sindhu Dethroned By Tai
Manne Ratnakar
TWINKLE TWINKLE SHUTTLE STAR

In this, the age of Bollywood’s hyper-nationalistic films on sports-related themes, try beating this script. Two Indians, one spot in the final, only one can go through. Who will you root for?

That’s what’s unfolding in the men’s singles draw at the World Championships in the Spanish port city of Huelva. An Indian shuttler will play the men’s final for the first time in the event. What makes this feat doubly unique is that 21-year-old newbie Lakshya Sen finds himself facing grizzled veteran Kidambi Srikanth in an all-Indian semifinal. Whatever happens, one thing is certain. India is assured of at least two medals – a silver and a bronze. A late twist to the plot was shelved, if you like, when HS Prannoy bowed 14-21, 12-21 to Singpore’s Kean Yew Loh in the last quarterfinal of the day.

There was some more disappointment in the women’s fray when reigning champion, PV Sindhu, was dethroned by former world No. 1 and top-seed, Tai Tzu Ying, 17-21, 13-21 in the singles quarterfinal, but Srikanth and Lakshya more than made up for it.

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