Paris Olympics 2024: PV Sindhu wins against Kristin Kuuba to advance to Round of 16; Lakshya Sen wins against Christie

New Delhi: Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu won an easy game against Estonia’s Kristin Kuuba in game 2 of Group M. The final scoreline was 21-5 and 21-10 ended the game quickly in favour of Sindhu

PVSindhu takes the first game, 21-05#Paris2024 🗼 #Olympic2024 pic.twitter.com/Y5NDCnpFMr

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Sindhu who is making a return to the badminton court following a long injury has one foot in the round of 16. The Indian shuttler has relatively been at ease facing the Estonian as well as the Maldivian shuttler Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq. However, these are relatively easier ties and she will be facing a tough competition in the upcoming round of 16 rounds.

PV Sindhu in the round of 16. 🇮🇳pic.twitter.com/nD0QdMPY6t

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 31, 2024

Lakshya Sen comes from behind against Jonatan Christie!

Trailing 8-2 in the first game, Lakshya Sen made a remarkable comeback to win the first game 21-18 against the World No. 3 Jonatan Christie. The first game went down the wire as the scores tied 18-18 at one stage. This was however expected as both shuttles have been part of some neck-to-neck competitions in the past.

Paris2024    #Olympics   #Badminton    Lakshya Sen takes the opening game, an absolutely thrilling back-and-forth battle with plenty of momentum shifts. From the supposed tougher side too.

But don’t count JoJo out just yet. He’s a good backs-to-the-wall player pic.twitter.com/0OlPw64Cur

— Cricket addicted 🏏🇮🇳 (@VikashJ13660845) July 31, 2024

The second game also started for Sen as the Indian shuttler was not able to take the lead from the start. However, some unforced errors and wrong judgements from Christie tilted the scoreline in favour of the Indian shuttler.

LAKSHYA SEN YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING 🇮🇳

WOW ,What a time to pull off a behind-the-back shot in the middle of a furious flat exchange, and to eventually win the rally to set up game point. THAT IS SENsational. 🎯#Badminton #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/0UbLf50y5J

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Lakshya won in the end by 21-18, 21-12 as he qualified in the round of 16 in his maiden Olympics. Moreover, Sen was also able to redeem himself from the recent defeat that he faced against Christie in the All-England Open.