Paris Olympics: Lakshya Sen's victory against Guatemala's Cordon 'deleted'. Here's why

Lakshya Sen's impressive win over Guatemala's Kevin Cordon in the men's singles Group L badminton match at the ongoing Paris Olympics has been annulled due to Cordon's withdrawal from the event because of a left elbow injury.

As reported by Olympics.com, Cordon's withdrawal means that his upcoming Group L matches against Indonesia's Jonatan Christie and Belgium's Julien Carraggi will not be played. Consequently, under BWF General Competition Regulations for group stage play, the result of Sen's match against Cordon has been nullified.

Sen's ranking in the group will now be determined by the outcomes of his remaining two matches. He is set to face Julien Carraggi on July 29 in his next fixture. He will take on Indonesia's Jonatan Christie in his final group match on Wednesday.


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Earlier, Lakshya Sen had defeated Kevin Cordon 21-8, 22-20 in straight sets. The Indian shuttler dominated the first game, winning 21-8 in just 14 minutes. In the second game, Cordon had four game points but Sen mounted a comeback, winning six consecutive points to secure the match.

Similarly, earlier on Monday, star Indian men's doubles duo, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had their second Group C match against Germany's Marvin Seidel and Mark Lamsfuss being cancelled due to Mark's knee injury.

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The BWF also stated that the results of all Group C matches are now considered deleted.

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Satwiksairaj and Chirag began their Olympic journey with a victory over France's Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar, winning 21-17, 21-14. The Indian pair was set to face the world number 31 duo, Seidel and Lamsfuss, who are also the 2022 European Badminton men's doubles champions, but the injury has led to the match's cancellation.

(With inputs from Agencies)