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Patna : In an all-Indian semi-final, 12th seed Kidambi Srikanth, 28, a former World World No 1, defeated World No 19 Lakshya Sen, 20, in a pulsating semi-final in three-games lasting 69 minutes at Huelva, Spain, to reach the final final of TotalEnergies BWF World Champions 2021 for the first time. Srikanth beat Sen 17-21, 21-14, 21-17 in semi-final. rallying back from one game down.
Sen won the first game but lost the second.The third game was a see-saw battle between the two with Srikanth prevailing finally. At one stage in third game Sen was leading but World No 14 Srikanth neutralised it. Srikanth now leads Sen 1-0 Head to Head. Sen will also get a medal for reaching the semi-finals.