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Lakshya Sen defeated eighth see Lee Zii Jia to book his place in the second round of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 event in Jakarta on Wednesday. Srikanth Kidambi also registered a straight-games win in his match to set up an all-Indian round-of-16 clash with Sen. The former world No 1 defeated world No 22 Lu 21-13, 21-19 in the first-round clash. Priyanshu Rajawat also progressed in men’s singles, on the account of a walkover from world No 3 Kunlavut Vitidsarn. Sen wins, Lee announces a break Sen came through a tricky test on paper with relative ease as he defeated former All England champion Lee in straight games, 21-17 21-13. The opening game was a streaky affair with the Indian and Malaysian shuttlers exchanging leads with a string of points. At different points, Sen trailed 10-13, 12-15, 13-16. But from there Lee won only one point as Sen closed the gap and put on a run to take the lead 21-17. The second game saw Lee get off a terrible start, trailing 3-11 at the interval with a flurry of errors. While Sen too went off the boil a little bit after the interval while Lee tried to close the gap down, the damage was already done. This match was the replay of the 2022 All England semi-final that Sen had won. For Lee, the inconsistencies on the tour continue while Sen himself is on the comeback trail after slipping out of the top 20 due to an indifferent start to the season. The Malaysian, who has spent a total of 12 weeks as world No 2, “Maybe I will stop playing tournamen...

All four Indian men’s singles players progressed to the pre-quarterfinals. India’s Lakshya Sen, Later in the day, it was the turn of Srikanth to deliver the goods which he did by outclassing China’s Lu Guang Zu in straight games (21-13, 21-19). The former WR 1 started his campaign on a bright note by winning the opening game comfortably. He had a smooth sailing in the second game as well leading by a five-point margin but lost momentum in the ending stages. In the women’s singles section, Aakarshi Kashyap was up against WR 2 Indian Sports Live Coverage on Khel Now • • • • • • • Indonesia Open 2023 Day 2 Results MS: Priyanshu Rajawat beats Kunlavut Vitidsarn (withdraw) MS: Lakshya Sen beats Lee Zii Jia (21-17, 21-13) MS: Kidambi Srikanth beats Lu Guang Zu (21-13, 21-19) WS: Aakarshi Kashyap lost to An Se Young (10-21, 4-21) For more updates, follow

Singapore Masters 2023: Kidambi Srikanth Lone Indian In The Fray After Priyanshu Rajawat, MR Arjun-Dhruv Kapila Exits The unseeded Rajawat, who had stunned world No. 15 Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in the opening round, lost to Kodai Naraoka in straight games. • • • • • Rajawat lost to Naraoka 17-21, 16-21 in Singapore on Thursday. Twitter/@vinayakkm Upcoming Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat's dream run in the Singapore Masters Super 750 tournament ended with a pre-quarterfinal loss to third seed Kodai Naraoka in Singapore on Thursday. The unseeded Rajawat, who had stunned world No. 15 Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in the opening round, lost to Naraoka 17-21 16-21 in straight games. Having ousted HS Prannoy in the first round, the world No. 4 Naraoka of Japan maintained his lead as the world No. 37 Indian played a catching-up game throughout to go down in a 47-minute battle. In the men's doubles, MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila lost to England's Ben Lane and Sean Vendy 15-21, 19-21 in a 41-minute affair. Former India number one Kidambi Srikanth is now the lone Indian in the fray. He will take on Chinese Taipei's Chia Hao Lee in the round of 16. The 2021 world championships silver medallist, Srikanth beat Thailand's Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21-15 21-19 in the opening round. Chia Hao Lee on the other hand beat Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in his opening match after being promoted to the main draw from the reserve. Earlier, double Olympic medalist Sindhu, who was the defending champion of the even...

This is the first Super-300 title for the 21-year-old. Earlier, he won a Super-100 and was also part of the Indian squad that won the Thomas Cup. Establishing academies all over India helped chief coach Pullela Gopichand unearth a talent like Priyanshu. A decade back he brought Priyanshu from Gwalior to Hyderabad and started focusing on the 11-year-old. Even after Indonesia coach Agus Santoso was employed to train the singles shuttlers, Gopichand kept Priyanshu with him and honed his skills, like how he did with The chief coach had a lot of expectations on this youngster from Madhya Pradesh and was delighted after his trainee won the first major title abroad. The attacking instincts displayed by the youngster reminded one of a Srikanth, Sindhu and Prannoy. Though it is too early to talk a lot about him, those who watched him play notice a kind of explosiveness in him. Gopichand said that Priyanshu is showing signs of quality. "It's a good win for him. He is young and he played well not only in this tournament but also in the last few tournaments. He is starting to show signs of quality which is very good for Indian badminton. He has the potential to be really up there," Gopichand said, adding that Priyanshu should launch himself from here. "He has power, speed, strokes and also the intelligence to pull back. He has all the qualities and takes this victory as one big step to push forward," he added. In the final at France, Priyanshu started off in a dominant fashion. Pepper...