Lakshya Sen crushes Rasmus Gemke to enter quarterfinals of Indonesia Masters
Cricket | June 09, 2022 17:07 ISTThe Indian came out all guns blazing and reeled off six straight points to move to 16-12 before sealing the opening game.
The Indian came out all guns blazing and reeled off six straight points to move to 16-12 before sealing the opening game.
On a comeback trail after recovering from an injury, Sameer Verma couldn't put his best foot forward, losing 17-21 15-21 to Indonesia's Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo.
Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu Lakshya Sen and P Kashyap will be some of the star Indian shuttlers in action at the Indonesia Masters, a Super 500 event on the BWF World Tour, to be held from June 7-12 at Jakarta.
The second-seeded Dens spent 59 minutes on the court to top the unseeded black horse in three games, 21-13, 9-21, 21-13, consolidating his confidence ahead of the BWF World Tour Finals kicking off in three days.
Sindhu, seeded third, was not at her usual best and trailed her Japanese opponent from the start in both the games.
Playing on Court 2, former world number one Kidambi beat the 2014 Indonesia Masters champion Prannoy by 21-7, 21-18 in a 39-minute encounter.
Reigning world champion Sindhu scripted a convincing 21-13, 21-10 win over the unseeded Neslihan Yigit (Turkey) in 35 minutes.
Playing against the world no 47 Azurmendi for the first time, Sindhu, who is seeded third, took 47 minutes to record a 17-21 21-7 21-12 in the women's singles second-round clash.
While Srikanth staved off a stiff challenge from World No 71 Christo Popov 21-18, 15-21, 21-16, former world no 10 Prannoy saw off Malaysia's Liew Daren 22-20, 21-19 in the opening round.
Sindhu defeated Thailand's Supanida Katethong in straight games while 20-year-old Lakhsya outwitted Japan's Kanta Tsuneyam over three games in the opening round.
Sindhu is likely to cross swords with Spain's Clara Azurmendi and Canada's sixth seed Michelle Li in the next two rounds and a clash against top seeded Japanese Akane Yamaguchi could be on the cards in the semifinals if she can cross the initial rounds.
PV Sindu suffered a 21-16, 16-21, 19-21 loss to Japan's Sayaka Takahashi in a thrilling Indonesia Masters quarterfinal match.
PV Sindhu defeated Aya Ohori 14-21, 21-15, 21-11 to move into the second round of Indonesia Masters.
Saina Nehwal suffered a shock 21-19 13-21 5-21 loss to Sayaka Takahashi while Kidambi Srikanth went down to Shesar Hiren Rhustavito 21-18 12-21 14-21.
Fifth seed Sindhu will open against Japan's Aya Ohori, whom she beat last week in the second round, while Saina faces another Japanese Sayaka Takahashi in her opening match.
Saina Nehwal was trailing 4-10 in the opening game when Carolina Marin decided to withdraw from the contest.
Saina Nehwal notched up a come-from-behind 18-21 21-12 21-18 triumph over sixth seed He Bingjiao in the semi-final of the Indonesia Masters.
Saina Nehwal defeated Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-7 21-18 while Kidambi Srikanth lost to Jonatan Christie 18-21 19-21 in the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Masters.
PV Sindhu beat Mariska Tunjung 23-21, 21-7 while Kidambi Srikanth got the better of Kenta Nishimoto 21-14 21-9 to reach the quarter-finals of Indonesia Masters.
Saina will next face another Indonesian Fitriani Fitriani, against whom she has a 4-0 head-to-head record.
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