Badminton

Hylo Open 2022 | Lakshya Sen falters in first spherical, different Indians within the fray



Lakshya Sen unexpectedly misplaced within the first spherical of the lads’s singles competitors on the Hylo Open 2022 BWF Tremendous 300 occasion on Tuesday in Saarbrucken, Germany. Sen, the seventh-seeded and CWG winner misplaced to Hong Kong’s Angus Ng Ka Lengthy in 27 minutes with the scores of 21-12, 21-5.

The following spherical’s opponent for Angus Ng Ka Lengthy shall be Toma Popov Junior of France. Seven positions decrease within the badminton rankings than the Indian competitor, Angus Ng Ka Lengthy, began off sturdy. Lakshya Sen was caught off guard by the Hong Kong participant’s aggressive demeanor.

Angus rapidly constructed a snug lead after scoring eight factors in a row to begin the sport, and the Hong Kong participant rode the momentum to simply win the primary recreation. The 2 gamers have by no means met earlier than to this. Sen, a former junior world no.1, was unable to deal with the depth of the Hong Kong participant within the second recreation and misplaced simply.

He misplaced within the first spherical of a BWF competitors for the second time in a row. Final week, he was defeated by fellow countryman Kidambi Srikanth within the first spherical of the French Open. Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto of India’s blended doubles group have been eradicated earlier within the day after falling to China’s Huang Dongping and Feng Yanzhe, who makes up one-half of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics’ blended doubles winners, 21-13, 21-12.

Wednesday will see Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, and Saina Nehwal compete with Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy. Final week on the French Open made historical past by changing into the primary Indian doubles group to win a BWF Tremendous 750 championship.

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