Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi Highlights, All England Open Badminton Final: Chun-yi defeats Lakshya to win title

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Lakshya gets his silver medal, and now Chun-yi is handed his gold medal and also the men's singles trophy! The fans cheer for both players!

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Chun-yi makes it 15-15! Another smash, Lakshya manages to return, smashes it again! 15-16! Chun-yi takes the lead now!

A smash and Lakshya makes it 16-16!

Good shot and Chun-yi fails to return, slices his smash! 17-16! Goes too wide, Lakshya opens up a two-point cushion here! 18-16! Fails to keep it in, 18-17! Back level once more with a smash, 18-18!

Chun-yi serves. Great reactions, 18-19! Chun-yi is now two points away! Lakshya makse it 19-19! Deceptive smash! Smashed by Chun-yi, match point! 19-20! WHAT A RALLY AND WHAT DEFENCE! CHUN-YI IS DEVASTATED! LAKSHYA LEVELS IT ONCE AGAIN! 20-20! BOTH PLAYERS WERE DESPERATE WITH THEIR DEFENCE AND SMASHES! ANOTHER AMAZING RALLY, CHUN-YI DEFENDS AND LAKSHYA FINALLY GOES TOO WIDE! 20-21!

Second match point for Chun-yi!

GOES WAYWARD! Chun-yi has done it! WINS THE TITLE!

Lakshya Sen 20-22 Lin Chun-yi; Game 2 | Game 1 - 15-21

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Chun-yi makes it 15-15! Another smash, Lakshya manages to return, smashes it again! 15-16! Chun-yi takes the lead now!

A smash and Lakshya makes it 16-16!

Good shot and Chun-yi fails to return, slices his smash! 17-16! Goes too wide, Lakshya opens up a two-point cushion here! 18-16! Fails to keep it in, 18-17!

Lakshya Sen 18-17 Lin Chun-yi; Game 2 | Game 1 - 15-21

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Lakshya is leading 13-9, he serves. Short rally, and Chun-yi wraps it up fast with a series of good shots! 13-10! 13-11 and Chun-yi is creeping back into this game! This time he misses his smash! 14-11!

Lakshya serves.

Brilliant jump at the net by Chun-yi, smashes it past Lakshya. 14-12!

Good smash, Lakshya goes the other way! 14-13! Totally deceives the Indian in this point! Lakshya goes too wide, level! 14-14! WHAT A RALLY! MULTIPLE SMASHES BY CHUN-YI! REMARKABLE DEFENSE BY LAKSHYA! AT THE END, HE GOES LONG! IT IS IN! 15-14! His coach is smiling, happy with that!

Lakshya Sen 15-14 Lin Chun-yi; Game 2 | Game 1 - 15-21

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Lakshya goes for the smash, but it comes off his frame, 3-3! Goes too long and wide again, similar shot! 3-4, Chun-yi takes the lead now.

Chun-yi fails to return now, and 4-4! Again, return hits the net! 5-4! Lakshya takes the lead! Chun-yi goes too long, 6-4!

Errors from Chun-yi, trails now! 9-4! He is puzzled! Sends a smash, and it is in after Lakshya calls for a review! Good call by the judge! 9-5!

It is just wide, 10-5! Missed that? No, it is in, good smash by Chun-yi! 10-6! Goes too long again, and it is in, 10-7! Too long by Lakshya, out! 10-8! The gap is closing! Now Chun-yi goes wide, out, 11-7!

Lakshya Sen 11-7 Lin Chun-yi; Game 2 | Game 1 - 15-21

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Lakshya goes for the smash, but it comes off his frame, 3-3! Goes too long and wide again, similar shot! 3-4, Chun-yi takes the lead now.

Chun-yi fails to return now, and 4-4! Again, return hits the net! 5-4! Lakshya takes the lead! Chun-yi goes too long, 6-4!

Lakshya Sen 6-4 Lin Chun-yi; Game 2 | Game 1 - 15-21

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Chun-yi fails to get to Lakshya's smash with a dive. The Indian trails 1-2! Makes it 2-2! Slipped again and Lakshya leads 3-2!

Lakshya Sen 3-2 Lin Chun-yi; Game 2 | Game 1 - 15-21

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: What a spin reverse shot by Lakshya, but Chun-yi keeps it in and gets the point! 19-14! Chun-yi serves and at the end, nets his return, 19-15!

What a smash and Chun-yi gets the game point! 20-15! Too long and game!

Lakshya Sen 15-21 Lin Chun-yi; Game 1

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: A good push by Lakshya, and Chun-yi thought it was going out, but it remains in! 16-13! Lakshya serves and sends a smash soon, Chun-yi returns and a rally begins! Chun-yi smash comes out on top at the end, Lakshya fails to return, despite a dive! 17-13!

Lakshya Sen 13-17 Lin Chun-yi; Game 1

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Chun-yi gets a warning for misconduct, arrives late, past the 20-second mark! Chun-yi begins with a smash, 12-9!

A net return, and Lakshya fails to return! 13-9! Another smash, Lakshya fails to react, 14-9! This time, smashed to the net! 14-10!

Lakshya serves.

Smashes and then Lakshya shows good defence, but at the end, Chun-yi manages to get through! 15-10!

Lakshya Sen 10-15 Lin Chun-yi; Game 1

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Superb! A smash and Chun-yi dives to return! Lakshya is quick to it, and drives it straight past Chun-yi, who gets up, bu is too late! 8-10, Lakshya still trails!

It was going, wide, but Chun-yi still goes for it, and it hits the net! 9-10! Goes too long and it is out! 9-11!

Lakshya Sen 9-11 Lin Chun-yi; Game 1

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Lakshya serves.

A long rally and Lakshya goes wide, great shot! It goes low, and falls right inside, next to the line. Chun-yi didn't react, he was ready for it, and was rooted in the centre! 7-8!

The Indian ace serves, another rally and he ends up sending it too wide! 7-9!

Lakshya Sen 7-9 Lin Chun-yi; Game 1

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Lakshya is trailing 4-6 and he serves. Short rally and Chun-yi is once again dictating the tempo here, and goes for the smashes. First one, Lakshya responds from behind the back, but then fails to react to the next one!

Lakshya Sen 4-7 Lin Chun-yi; Game 1

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: The men's singles final begins! Chun-yi serves, and a short rally ensues. Poor drop shot by Lakshya, 0-1! Chun-yi makes it 3-0 quickly.

Chun-yi is dictating proceedings and is making Lakshya run. The Indian gets the point with smash, driven straight to his opponent. 3-1!

Lakshya Sen 1-3 Lin Chun-yi; Game 1

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Now we have Lakshya vs Chun-Yi! For Lakshya, it is going to be a very tough match! Chun-Yi is known for his power-hitting and is probably the best smasher in the circuit right now. Lakshya's defense game will need to be at its best!

The players are here now!

First up is Lakshya! He enters the arena and the fans cheer him on! Lots of Indian fans here!

Next up is Chun-yi! He will be the favourite here! But he knows that he can't take it easy against Lakshya!

They will have the mixed doubles prize ceremony first! Chinese Taipei's Ye/Chan get their gold medals! Meanwhile, Gicou/Delrou of France get their silver medals. Ye/Chan also get their trophies!

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Ye/Chan defeat Gicou/Delrue 21-19 21-18 in the mixed doubles final! Next up is Lakshya's match!

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Taking to X ahead of the final, PV Sindhu analysed both players. She wrote, "Lakshya vs Lin Chun Yi is going to be a fascinating final at the All England. Sat and watched a few videos of Lin today."

"He’ll be a very different challenge from Viktor. Much sharper in attack, takes the shuttle ridiculously early and keeps the pressure on every lift.

"And he’s a leftie. That always changes the geometry of rallies. In India we rarely get high-quality left-handed sparring partners, so it’s honestly very hard to prepare for that. I remember playing players like He Bingjiao and the angles just feel completely different.

"Assuming Lakshya has recovered from yesterday’s physical issues, Lin will still be a big test. But one thing I’d bet in my sleep is Lakshya’s defence.

"Should be an incredible match. Just wish the final was a little later to give him more recovery time.

"Heart says Lakshya. Brain says Lin".

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Gicou and Delrue are leading 18-16 in the first game against Chinese Taipei's Ye/Chan. Ye/Chan make it 17-18 in a short exchange. Net point and its all level. 18-18! The French pair make it 19-18. 19-19, net point again! Too wide and Ye-Chan get the game point. A smash and game!

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: The mixed doubles match between YE HW and N Chan against France's T Gicquel and D Delrue has begun. Lakshya's match will be after this.

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Lakshya's match is set to begin at around 5:00-5:20 PM. Before his match, the mixed doubles finals will be taking place.

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: Chun-yi had to spend 78 minutes on the court to beat Kunlavut Vitidsarn. He is expected to be in better fitness than Sen, and will test the Indian with his smashes. Sen's reflex defense will be key.

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: After his semifinal win, Lakshya spoke about his cramps and revealed that it began at the start of the third game. His strategy was to finish rallies early.

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: In the 2022 final, Lakshya lost to Viktor Axelsen in the final. This is his second All England final and he will look to become the third Indian to take home this title.

Lakshya Sen vs Lin Chun-yi LIVE, All England Open 2026: We also have Team India in action at the T20 World Cup final against New Zealand. Rishabh Pant took to X to wish good luck to the Indian cricket team and Lakshya.