Young Lakshya Sen superior to the second spherical after beating compatriot Saurabh Verma in straight video games however suffered a loss to Saina Nehwal within the Denmark Open Super 1000 event right here on Wednesday.
Lakshya, who was runner-up eventually Sunday’s Dutch Open, placed on an excellent efficiency to beat nationwide champion Saurabh 21-9, 21-7 in 26 minutes.
The 20-year-old from Almora, who didn’t make it to the Sudirman Cup and Thomas Cup finals after shedding his solely match on the Trials, is more likely to subsequent tackle Denmark’s second seed and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen.
London Olympics bronze medalist Saina, who retired halfway via her first match within the Uber Cup closing as a consequence of a again harm, couldn’t compete with world quantity 20 Aya Ohori of Japan and misplaced 21- within the opening spherical. 16, misplaced 21-14.
Former prime 10 participant HS Prannoy additionally crashed out of the competitors after shedding 18-21, 19-21 to sixth seed Jonathan Christie of Indonesia, whereas 2014 Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap defeated fourth seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei. Retired after trailing -3. .
Apart from Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, Indian doubles gamers had been disappointing.
Satwik and Ashwini’s battle of valor ended with a 17-21, 21-14, 11-21 loss to China’s Fang Yan Jae and Du Yu within the combined doubles whereas Meghna Jakkampudi and Poorvisha S Ram pair Nita Violina of Indonesia. 8-21, 7-21. Marwah and daughter Sayaka in girls’s doubles.
Commonwealth Games bronze medalists Ashwini and N Sikki Reddy additionally misplaced 17-21, 13-21 to second seeded Korean pair of Lee Sohee and Shin Seungchan.
Lakshya had claimed 5 titles in 2019 earlier than COVID-19 compelled the suspension of the BWF calendar.
On Wednesday, the world quantity 25 Indian was up in opposition to Saurabh, in opposition to whom he had misplaced twice earlier, however it did not matter as Lakshya put up a dominating efficiency to blow him away.
They took a 7-2 lead at the beginning and by no means regarded in hassle as they went on to attain seven straight factors at 13-7 to attain seven sport factors. Saurabh made two saves earlier than Lakhya pocketed the opening sport.
In the second sport, Lakshya picked up the tempo, leapfrogged to a 7–0 lead and continued on to seal the competitors.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
