It was Lakshya Sen who started the Indian badminton campaign in the Paris Olympics. He made a great start by creating a stir with his victory, which also boosted the morale of the other shuttlers. But now that victory of India's young and star shuttler Lakshya Sen will not be considered. The match in which the whole world saw Lakshya win on the court of Paris Olympics 2024, that victory has no value for him now because it has been declared invalid. The question is why? After all, what is Lakshya Sen's fault in this?

Lakshya Sen is the victim of a strange rule

Simply put, it is not Lakshya Sen's fault.

The reason for erasing his victory from the record book is a strange rule, which can demoralize any player. The obstacle that has come in Lakshya Sen's way due to this rule has increased his troubles in the Paris Olympics.

The one who defeated him is out of Olympics, Lakshya Sen in trouble

Lakshya Sen's victory was declared invalid because the player he defeated in the first round of Group L is no longer a part of the Olympics. He has withdrawn his name due to an elbow injury. Lakshya Sen had defeated Kevin Cordon in the first round. Kevin Cordon's exit has increased Lakshya Sen's troubles even more because now he will have to play one more match than the rest of the players in his group.

! Kevin Cordon withdraws from #Paris2024 due to an elbow injury, virtually “deleting” Lakshya Sen's victory over him.

The deletion means that Lakshya's win over Kevin Cordon won't count towards the standings and also means that pic.twitter.com/wvEusDVlIP

— India at Paris 2024 Olympics (@sportwalkmedia) July 28, 2024

What is the challenge ahead for Lakshya Sen?

In Group L, Lakshya Sen will now face Indonesia's Jonathan Christie and Belgium's Julian Caragi.

Lakshya has a 2-0 win record against the Belgian shuttler. In such a situation, it is believed that the match against world number 3 Jonathan Christie will be important for Lakshya. Lakshya and Christie have clashed 5 times on the badminton court so far, in which Lakshya has won only once. That is, Christie has won on 4 occasions.

Lakshya will play one match more than the others

Due to Kevin Corden's withdrawal from the Olympics, the entire schedule of Group L has had to be changed, due to which Lakshya Sen will now have to play 3 matches. Whereas Christie and Julian will have to play only 2 matches each.