While the famous Indian shuttlers failed to crossed Quarterfinals at Super Series and join the Sunday fun, two Indians ensured that Sunday remains a Super Sunday for Indian Badminton Fans. Lakshya Sen will play the finals of German Junior Open 2017, while Subhankar Dey will play the finals of Portuguese International 2017. Subhankar Dey has already won Iceland Open title this year. In 2017, so far Indians have won 6 titles in four international events.
Lakshya Sen at German Open
The current Junior World No. 1 and top seed Lakshya Sen entered the finals of German Junior Open 2017. He will face the second seed Lee Chia Hao of Chinese Taipei.
Road to Final:
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1st Round: Bye
2nd Round: def Christo Popov (France) 21-16 21-14
3rd Round: def Johnie (England) 21-15 22-20
4th Round: def Kiran George (India) 21-14 21-17
QF: def Chen Shiau Cheng (Chinese Taipei) 21-14 21-14
SF: def 13th seed Chen Chi Ting 21-23 21-19 21-10
Final: vs 2nd seed Lee Chia Hao (Chinese Taipei)
Subhankar Dey at Portuguese International
5th seed Subhankar Dey entered the finals of 52nd Portuguese International 2017. He will play the fourth seed who knocked out the top seed Pablo in the semifinals.
Road to final
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1st Round: def Ivan Rusev (Bulgaria) 21-17 21-9
2nd Round: def Mikael (Sweden) 21-13 21-12
QF: def Manuel (Spain) 21-15 21-15
SF: def 8th seed Gergley (Hungary) 19-21 21-16 21-18
Final: vs 4th seed Victor Svendsen (Denmark)
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