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India's young star Laxmi Sen, making his Olympic debut, regained his rhythm after a slow start and defeated Belgium's Julien Caregi in straight games in the men's singles Group L of the Paris Olympics on Monday.
Lakshya Sen defeated Kevin Cordon in his first match in the group on Sunday, but the Guatemalan player decided to withdraw from the event due to an elbow injury, due to which all his results were removed. Group-L is now contested between only three players. World number 18 Lakshya Sen defeated world number 52 Caregi 21-19, 21-14 in 43 minutes. The former World Championship bronze medallist will take on third seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in his final group match on July 31. This match will decide the pre-quarterfinalist from Group-L. Commonwealth Games gold medallist Lakshya Sen started the match well and took a 4-2 lead. Caregi made the score 8-5 after some common mistakes. Caregi was ahead 11-8 at the break. The Indian player retaliated and made the score 18-18. Then in 22 minutes, Sen won the first game. In the second game, the Indian player dominated and took a 11-4 lead at the break. Kergi made the score 10-14 but Sen scored six points to make the score 20-14. After this, both the game and the match turned in his favour.