<p class="title rtejustify">Title favourite Indian Lakshya Sen recovered from a game deficit to beat Kodai Naraoka of Japan to enter the final of men's singles badminton competition to at least be assured of a silver medal here.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Sen, the reigning Asian junior champion, lost the first game 14-21 but came back to beat Naraoka in the next two to pocket the semifinal match Thursday night. The Indian levelled the match by winning the second game 21-15.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The deciding game was a neck-to-neck affair with none of the two players giving an inch. The game went into the duece and Sen eventually won it 24-22 after a 36-minute tussle.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Sen will now meet Li Shifeng of China in the final.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">If Sen wins the final match, he will become the first Indian gold medallist shuttler in the Youth Olympics. Prannoy Kumar had won a silver in the inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore in 2010.</p>
<p class="title rtejustify">Title favourite Indian Lakshya Sen recovered from a game deficit to beat Kodai Naraoka of Japan to enter the final of men's singles badminton competition to at least be assured of a silver medal here.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Sen, the reigning Asian junior champion, lost the first game 14-21 but came back to beat Naraoka in the next two to pocket the semifinal match Thursday night. The Indian levelled the match by winning the second game 21-15.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The deciding game was a neck-to-neck affair with none of the two players giving an inch. The game went into the duece and Sen eventually won it 24-22 after a 36-minute tussle.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Sen will now meet Li Shifeng of China in the final.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">If Sen wins the final match, he will become the first Indian gold medallist shuttler in the Youth Olympics. Prannoy Kumar had won a silver in the inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore in 2010.</p>