All-England Badminton: Lakshya Sen goes down fighting to Jonatan Christie in semis
The Indonesian star however maintained the upper hand and went on to win the first game 21-12, converting the lone game point she earned.
England’s last-gasp win against Tunisia at the football World Cup was Britain’s most-watched television programme of 2018, attracting a peak audience of 18.3 million, according to the BBC today.
Monday evening’s game in Volgograd, which was decided by captain Harry Kane’s injury-time header, had a 69.2 per cent audience share at its peak, beating last month’s royal wedding.
Around three million requests were also made to stream it online, making it the highest ever live audience for an online BBC broadcast.
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England won 2-1 and will next play Panama on Sunday.
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