Lakshya Sen vs Li Shifeng LIVE: Lakshya Sen takes on Li Shifeng at the All England. (AP)
Lakshya Sen vs Li Shifeng Live Score, All England Open Badminton Quarter-Final 2026 LIVE Score Updates: Lakshya Sen, the last Indian left standing at the prestigious All England Open, defeated China’s Li Shifeng 21-13, 21-16 in the quarterfinal on Friday. It marked Lakshya’s first win in four matches against Shifeng, as he had lost the last three meetings against his junior batchmate. But on Friday, Lakshya was on fire as he came through a tough test in straight games in exactly one hour. The head to head contests between Lakshya and Shifeng was tied at 7-7 with the Indian now retaking the lead after Friday’s contest. With the world No 12 in fine form after breaking the jinx against Ng Ka Long Angus, who he hadn’t beaten in three meetings, in the previous round, he’d be looking to continue his impressive performance in the semifinal on Saturday.
In the semifinals, Laskhya will face Canada’s Victor Lai in what would be their first meeting on the BWF World Tour. Read more about Lakshya’s quarterfinal win here.
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To reach this stage, Lakshya had to go through Hong Kong’s Ng Ka Long Angus in the Round of 16 encounter on Thursday, before which he had stunned top seed and defending champion Shi Yu Qi in the first round on Tuesday.
Read more about Lakshya’s win against Ng Ka Long Angus here and against Shi Yu Qi here.
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Lakshya Sen played an absolutely laser-focussed third set, to win 21-19, 21-23, 21-10 and defeat the opponent from Hong Kong to reach quarterfinals. (AP Photo)
Lakshya Sen vs Li Shifeng in All England quarters at 10:30 pm: All you need to know
How Lakshya Sen goes from leading 17-11, 19-14 to losing the second set 21-23, is in the realms of speculation or snakes-and-ladder on a badminton court. That’s effectively a net 4-11 points from a very advantageous position straight into the ditch.
But like a good doctor would tell you, they can’t keep the rains from raining down, they can only arm you with a sturdy umbrella. So what India’s shuttler-in-need-of-Sherlock and his massively varied coaching team have done is try to respond to these familiar lapses by staying solid in the third. NG Ka Long Angus must’ve expected Sen to crumble after one of his usual blunderings took the All England Round 2 into the decider. Because he had slumped at the Olympics (twice), and myriad other tournaments. But Sen played an absolutely laser-focussed third set, to win 21-19, 21-23, 21-10 and defeat the opponent from Hong Kong, aged 31, ranked 29 to reach quarterfinals. (READ MORE)
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