Last Updated: March 08, 2023, 21:45 IST
Lakshya Sen holds the no. 12 spot in males’s singles rankings. (AFP Photo)
Lakshya Sen of India was shocked by world No 41 Christo Popov in straight video games
Top Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen made a shock opening spherical exit from the German Open badminton match after a straight-game defeat to Christo Popov of France within the males’s singles in Mulheim (Germany) on Wednesday.
The world quantity 12 and sixth seeded Sen went all the way down to world No 41 Popov 19-21, 16-21 in a spherical of 32 conflict, lasting 46 minutes.
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All the three different Indians additionally misplaced their respective spherical one matches to finish the nation’s marketing campaign within the BWF World Tour Super 300 occasion.
Mithun Manjunath fought arduous however misplaced his males’s singles first spherical match to Singapore’s fourth seeded Loh Kean Yew 8-21, 21-19, 11-21.
In girls’s singles, Malvika Bansod suffered a 13-21, 14-21 defeat to fifth seed and world quantity six Wang Zhi Yi of China, whereas Tasnim Mir misplaced to eighth seed Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand 8-21, 10-21.
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With the outcomes on Wednesday, India’s marketing campaign within the match ended.
The Indians combined doubles pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa had misplaced their first spherical match on Tuesday in opposition to the Scottish duo of Adam Hall and Julie Macpherson 10-21, 12-21.
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