India’s challenge at the India Open Super 750 came to an abrupt end as early as the second round after defending champions Lakshya Sen and two time winner Saina Nehwal suffered contrasting defeats on Thursday evening .
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India’s challenge at the India Open Super 750 came to an abrupt end as early as the second round after defending champions Lakshya Sen and two time winner Saina Nehwal suffered contrasting defeats on Thursday evening at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi. Sen, who had defeated compatriot HS Pranoy to reach the last-16, lost out to Danish shuttler Rasmus Gemke with a scoreline of 16-21, 21-15, 21-18. The 21-year-old made an aggressive start, producing a series of attacking shots early on to take a 11-9 lead at the first mid-game break, and then the Indian went on to pocket the opening game 21-15. However, the Dane managed to clinch the second set without much difficulty and came out all guns blazing in the decider, racing to a 8-1 lead before Sen took five points to crawl his way back in. Although the game went down the wire, Gemke prevailed 21-18 to enter the quarter-finals.
Gemke will now take on compatriot Viktor Axelsen, who defeated Y Q Shi in three games. Saina, meanwhile, was comfortably outclassed by Olympic champion Chen Yufei. The veteran Indian lost the match with a scoreline of 9-21, 12-21. The 2012 Olympic bronze medalist began her campaign with a three-game win over Mia Blichfeldt. Earlier in the day, men’s doubles defending champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag shetty pulled out of the second round due to a groin injury. Meanwhile, Gayatri Gopichand-Jolly Treesa, Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Panjala were knocked out in the second round.
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| Match Schedule | Time (IST) |
| Viktor Axelsen vs Rasmus Gemke | 2:00 pm |
| Jonatan Christie vs Chou Tien Chen | 2:20 pm |
| Kunlavut Vitidsarn vs Loh Kean Yew | 1:20 pm |
| Anthony Ginting vs Li Shi Feng | 12:40 pm |
| Match Schedule | Time (IST) |
| Akane Yamaguchi vs Carolin Marin | 12:00 pm |
| Chen Yu Fei vs Supanida Katethong | 12:20 pm |
| Beiwan Zhang vs He Bing Jiao | 12:40 pm |
| Pornpawee Chochuwong vs An Se Youn | 1:00 pm |
| Match Schedule | Time (IST) |
| Kang Min Hyul/ Seo Seung Jae vs Liu Yu Chen/ Ou Xuan Yi | 2:20 pm |
| Liang Wei Ken/ Wang Chang vs Marcus Gideon/ Kevin Sukamuljo | 3:00 pm |
| Ong Yew Sin/ Teo Ee Yi vs Aaron Chia/ Soh Woo Yik | 1:40 pm |
| Mark Lamsfuss/ Marvin Seidel vs Fajar Alfian/ Mohammad Ardianto | 2:40 pm |
| Match Schedule | Time (IST) |
| Chen Qing Chen/ Jia Yi Fan vs Zhang Shu Xian/ Zheng Yu | 2:40 pm |
| Jeong Na Eun/ Kim Hye Jeong vs Gabriela Stoeva/ Stefani Stoeva | 3:00 pm |
| Tan Pearly/ Thinaah Moralitharan vs Rin Iwanaga/ Kie Nakanishi | 1:20 pm |
| Benyapa Aimsaard/ Nuntakarn Aimsaard vs Nami Matsuyama/ Chiharu Shida | 2:00 pm |
| Match Schedule | Time (IST) |
| Zheng Si Wei/ Huang Ya Qiong vs Thom Gizquel/ Delphine Delrue | 12:00 pm |
| Yuta Watanabe/ Arisa Higashino vs Seo Seung Jae/ Chae Yu Jung | 12:20 pm |
| Mathias Christiansen/ Alexandra Boje vs Wang Yi Lyu/ Huang Dong Ping | 1:40 pm |
| Kyohei Yamashita/ Naru Shinoya vs Kim Won Ho/ Jeong Na Eun | 1:00 pm |
The 2023 India Open Badminton Championship will commence on January 17 and end on January 23.
Live telecast of the India Open badminton championship 2023 will be available on Eurosport TV Sports in india. Meanwhile, fans can also live stream through the JioCinema app and Badminton World Federations Official Youtube Channel BWF TV.
