Commonly, badminton thrives on four basic grips – the forehand, backhand, bevel, and panhandle. As for Lakshya, he mostly uses the forehand and the backhand grip with personalized variations ...

Sindhu kept the attack, producing a backhand push and a cross smash. The Korean, however, stayed solid in her defence to move to 13-10 and then 15-11 with another precise smash.

Le used his jump smashes to trouble Prannoy, who couldn't play his game and fell 11-15 behind after the break. The Indian found the groove in time to make it 15-16 with an aggressive push at the back.

Lakshya Sen thrashed Indonesia's Jonatan Christie 21-18, 21-12 in the badminton men's singles Group L match. | Olympics ...

Background In badminton, knees opposite to the racket-hand side received anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries during single-leg landing after overhead stroke. Most of them occurred in the ...