Lakshya Sen and Priyanshu Rajawat suffered straight-game defeats in their pre-quarterfinal matches to crash out of the men’s singles.
India’s Lakshya Sen and Priyanshu Rajawat suffered straight-game defeats in their respective pre-quarterfinal matches to crash out of the men’s singles competition of the Indonesia Masters, a BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament, here on Thursday.
Taking on eighth-seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark, Sen came up with a strong fight but went down 19-21 18-21. He had beaten Weng Hongyang of China in the opening round 24-22 21-15. Lakshya who is looking to qualify for the Paris Olympics 2024, this loss came as a big upset for the World no. 16. Now, only time will tell whether this result hurts the southpaw in his bid to qualify for his maiden Olympic campaign.
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Rajawat was up against Brian Yang of Canada after his conquest over Rasmus Gemke of Denmark in the first round 21-18 21-19. Although Rajawat produced a great show in the opening game against the Canadians, it wasn’t enough as he lost 18-21 14-21 to bow out of the competition.
Kiran George now remains the lone Indian in the tournament as he takes on Lu Guangzu of China later in the day in the men’s singles event.
He is coming off a win over Toma Junior Popov of France in the opening round 18-21 21-16 21-19.
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