Birmingham: India’s Lakshya Sen loses to the world number one Viktor Axelsen in All England Badminton Championship Open in Men’s Singles Final on Sunday. He was defeated by Viktor Axelsen with the sets 21-10, 21-15 in just 53 minutes at Utilita Arena in Birmingham.

The young Indian shutter was bidding to become only the third man after Prakash Padukone (1980) and Pullela Gopichand (2001) to win the All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England which is the world’s oldest and most prestigious badminton tournament. After taking part in this final, Sen is now only the fifth Indian – after Prakash Nath (1947), Prakash Padukone (1980 and 1981), Pullela Gopichand (2001) and Saina Nehwal (2015) – to make the summit clash of All England.