Denmark Open 2022: India's ace shuttler Lakshya Sen entered the quarterfinals of the Denmark Open on Friday while the pair of Satwik-Chirag crashed out before they entered the semis
In the match that lasted for 35 minutes, Srikanth lost to his opponent from Singapore
The unseeded Sen defeated sixth-seeded Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia 21-16 21-12 in a first-round match
The double Olympic medallist bowed out of the Denmark Open after losing in straight games to world no 8 Korean An Seyoung in the women's singles quarterfinals.
Srikanth, who had claimed the title in 2017, outsmarted compatriot B Sai Praneeth 21-14 21-11 in 30 minutes.
Sindhu, a bronze medallist at the Tokyo Olympics, had taken a break due to the hectic schedule but she would be itching to make a winning return at the Denmark Open.
Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the Denmark Open badminton tournament with a 22-20, 13-21, 16-21 defeat to Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.
The fifth seed Indian took 33 minutes to get the better of his Canadian opponent 21-15 21-14 in the men's singles second round match of the Super 750 tournament, Lakshya, goes down 21-15 7-21 17-21 to experienced local challenger Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghu.
The former world number one, who had claimed four superseries titles in 2017, beat Toby 21-12 21-18 in 37 minutes, as the sport finally got going after the long coronavirus-forced hiatus.
The 19-year-old Indian, who had claimed five titles including two Super 100 tournaments last year, produced a clinical performance to outwit Popov 21-9 21-15 to reach the second round.
Kidambi opens against world no 52 Toby Penty of England in the second half of the draw while Shubhankar Dey and Ajay Jayaram will look to go deep into the tournament.
Rest of the Indian squad, including Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth and Shubhankar Dey, flew with Air France from Delhi on Thursday night.
The BWF World Tour was shut down following the completion of the All England Championships in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Srikanth will open against England's Toby Penty and may face fellow Indian Subhankar Dey in the second round. For Saina, France's Yaelle Hoyaux awaits her in the women's singles opener.
SAI will also bear the cost for Srikanth's COVID-19 testing that is required to be done before he takes part in the competition.
The 25-year-old reigning world champion earlier pulled out of the Thomas and Uber Cup Final due to COVID-19 but later decided to participate after BAI's request.
The Thomas and Uber Cup Finals, scheduled to be held from October 3 to 11 in Aarhus, Denmark is the first tournament in the revised calender, which was launched by the sport's governing body BWF last week.
Fifth seed Sindhu, the Olympic silver medallist, lost 14-21 17-21 to the Korean in a 40-minute clash at the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.
Former champion Kidambi Srikanth lost to fourth seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark 14-21 18-21 in the match that lasted 43 minutes.
The world number 8 Saina lost 15-21 21-23 in the women's singles match that lasted 37 minutes to crash out of the USD 775,000 tournament.
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