World championships bronze medalist Lakshya Sen and fast-rising Malvika Bansod progressed to the second spherical of the boys’s and girls’s singles competitions respectively after registering gruelling three-game wins on the Korea Open Super 500 badminton match on Tuesday.
While Sen staved off a spirited problem from native hope Choi Ji Hoon 14-21 21-16 21-18 in simply over an hour in his opening spherical match, Bansod rallied her strategy to notch up a surprising 20-22 22-20 21- 10 win over world no 24 Han Yue of China.
Sixth seed Sen, who has been in sensational kind within the final six months with back-to-back last finishes on the German Open and All England Championships, will subsequent meet Indonesia’s Shesar Hiren Rhustavito.
Unseeded Bansod, who had reached the finals of Syed Modi Super 300 match in January, will face sixth seeded Thai Pornpawee Chochuwong within the second spherical.
However, it was curtains for Swiss Open finalist HS Prannoy as he went down meekly to Malaysia’s Cheam June Wei 17-21 7-21 in 41 minutes.
In doubles, males’s pairing of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala misplaced 14-21 19-21 to Pramudya Kusumawardana and Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan of Indonesia went, whereas Bokka Navaneeth and B Sumeeth Reddy down 14-21 19-21 to sixth seeded Malaysian pair of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi.
Earlier, Sen discovered the going powerful in opposition to Choi, who stored issues beneath management for many a part of the opening recreation and regardless that the Indian clawed again to 14-14, the Korean reeled off seven factors on the trot to take a 1-0 lead .
The 20-year-old from Almora, nevertheless, received his bearing again within the second recreation as he opened up a 11-7 lead on the interval and stored his nostril forward to take the match into the decider.
In the third recreation, Choi took an 8-3 lead early on however Sen made his strategy to make it 16-13 in his favor and stayed forward within the essential moments to close out the match.
Bansod had loved the lead for higher portion of the opening recreation and likewise held 4 recreation factors however she squandered it as Han earned the bragging rights.
After the change of sides, Bansod as soon as once more dominated the proceedings with a 11-4 benefit on the break and went to pocket three recreation factors this time however Han as soon as once more caught up. However, the Indian did not let it slip this time to take the competition to the decider.
In the third recreation, Bansod was extra alert as she broke at 7-7 after which went on to attain 9 straight factors to comfortably shut out the match.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
