Badminton, India Open Super 750: Priyanshu Rajawat marks comeback with win over Lakshya Sen

“Revenge is a dish best served cold,” goes the popular phrase. Priyanshu Rajawat lived by it on a chilly Tuesday afternoon at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.

In a match that lasted 75 minutes, he took down a more fancied Lakshya Sen 16-21, 21-16, 21-13 in the opening round of the India Open Super 750.

The contest was eerily similar to the contest between the two at the Japan Open in July, where Rajawat had squandered an 18-14 lead in the decider to lose 22-24 after bouncing back from a game down in the first match they played against each other.

In their second showdown, on Tuesday, the Madhya Pradesh shuttler ensured that no such hiccups happened this time around as he wrapped up the match quite comfortably after Sen threatened a fight back after being 1-9 down in the final game.

“This was a very important match to me,” Rajawat said during the post-match press conference. “I was very upset [when I lost in Japan] and after losing the first game, I said to myself that I am not going to give up no matter what [happened] in the second and third game.

“I wanted to win against Lakshya.”

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