French Open: ‘Like a Kid Who Wants His Candy’
After failing to cross the early rounds of his last 10 tournaments, Lakshya Sen finally broke through to the quarterfinals. It was a high-class performance against Li Shi Feng, last year’s French Open runner-up and…
· DEV SUKUMAR
After failing to cross the early rounds of his last 10 tournaments, Lakshya Sen finally broke through to the quarterfinals. It was a high-class performance against Li Shi Feng, last year’s French Open runner-up and Asian Games champion.
Having made his first quarterfinal since last July, Sen smiled about how deeply he had wanted this – “as much as a small kid who has his candy taken away, like a kid who wants his candy all the time”.
It was a physically intense battle, with Sen wearing Li down eventually, 15-21 21-15 21-13.