Lakshya Sen is currently India’s number one badminton player. (Pic BAI)
India’s Aakarshi Kashyap, however, lost 12-21 11-21 to Beiwen Zheng of America in less than half an hour in straight games.
World Championships bronze medalist Lakshya Sen (Lakshya Sen) He made it to the men’s singles quarter-finals of the Indonesia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament with a straight-game win against Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke on Thursday. Thomas Cup in Bangkok (Thomas Cup 2022) Almora’s 20-year-old Lakshya, who was part of the Indian team during the historic title win in 2011, defeated world number 13 Gemke 21-18 21-15 in 54 minutes. , Prior to this the seventh seed and the World Championship (BWF World Championship) K bronze medalist Lakshya beat Denmark’s Hannes Kristian Solberg Wittingus 21-10 21-18 in straight games
Seventh seed Sen will next take on Chinese Taipei’s third seed Chou Tien Chen, who had registered a three-game win against the Indian in the Thomas Cup in the only match between the two players last month. Apart from the target, PV Sindhu will also play her second round match on Thursday.
Lakshya Sen won the match on the strength of patience
Playing against Gemke for the first time in his international career, world No. 9 Lakshya showed more patience and curbed his mistakes and registered a win. Sen went down 0-3 in the first game but managed to make a comeback to take a 9-6 lead. Gemke, however, was leading by a narrow margin of 11-10 till the break. The Indian, however, took a 16-12 lead after the break with six consecutive points and then easily won the first game. In the second game, the match between the two players was more close. Most of the time, sometimes the goal was to make the game lead. However, Lakshya won four consecutive points at 13-12 and then won the game and the match.
Sameer Verma and Akarshi had to face defeat
India’s Akarshi Kashyap, however, lost 12-21 11-21 to Beiwen Zheng of America in less than half an hour in straight games. Sameer Verma, who was making a comeback after recovering from an injury, also bowed out of the competition with a straight games 17-21 15-21 loss to Indonesia’s Chico Ara Dwe Vardoyo. Mixed doubles pair of Ishan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto gave a tough fight to Indonesia’s fourth seeded pair of Praveen Jordan and Melati Deiva Oktavianti in their first round match but still lost 14-21 21-16 12-21 to the Indian pair. Had to do
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