- Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: Keerthi Mohan
Unheralded Indian Subhankar Dey shocked multiple time World and Olympic champion Lin Dan 22-20, 21-19 to enter the quarter-finals of the SaarLorLux Open Badminton Championship on Thursday. World No 64 Subhankar took 45 minutes to upstage the current world No 12, who has five World Championship titles and two Olympic gold medals in his kitty. The Indian won crucial points in both games which were closely fought. Lin Dan, at 35, is at the business end of his career but was awarded top billing at the event. Barely two weeks ago, it was Kidambi Srikanth, who beat Lin Dan at…
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