New Delhi: Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen’s matches at the Paris Olympics 2024 has been deleted after Guatemala’s Kevin Cordon withdrew from the tournament on Sunday, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said in a statement. Cordon, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics semi-finalists has pulled out from the remaining part of the event after suffering a left elbow injury.
This means that Lakshya’s straight games win (21-8, 22-20) against the veteran Cordon in a Group L match won’t have any relevance further in the event with the result now standing as cancelled.
“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 BWF said in a statement.
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Cordon was scheduled to play against third seeded Jonathan Christie of Indonesia on Monday (July 29) and Julien Carragi of Belgium on Wednesday (July 31). With the World No.41’s withdrawal, the Group L will be reduced to three members – Lakshya, Christie and Carragi.
For Olympic debutant Sen, the two points gained from the win against the Guatemala shuttler has been cancelled. This means he will have to win both his matches against Christie and Carragi to advance to the pre-quarters round.
HS Prannoy, PV Sindhu start campaign with comprehensive wins
Two-time Olympic medallist and former world champion PV Sindhu registered a commanding win over Madlives player Fathimath Abdul Razzaq in straight games 21-9, 21-6 in 29 minutes to start her third Olympics on a brilliant note. She will next face Kristin Kuba in the next Group M match.
World champion bronze medallist HS Prannoy defeated Fabian Roth of Germany 21-18, 21-12 in a Group K match. The 32-year-old will next face World No.70 Le Duc Phat of Vietnam on Wednesday (July 31) in what will be their final group stage fixture. Prannoy displayed great net game along with his deft touches to outsmart Roth.
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