Mumbai Mumbai. India's Lakshya Sen put up a tough fight against China's Lu Guang Xu but ultimately lost three games to make an early exit from the Denmark Open Super 750 badminton tournament on Tuesday. 2021 World Championships bronze medalist Lakshya lost the lead in the opening game. , lost to Lu 21-12 19-21 14-21 in the men's singles opening round match, which lasted 70 minutes. The 22-year-old from Almora, who finished fourth at the Paris Olympics, had earlier suffered an injury in Finland last week. Had to face defeat in the second round of Arctic Open.
Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu reached the second round when her opponent Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei retired midway through the second game with the score reading 21-8 13-7. However, the quarter-final of the China Open Malvika Bansod, who reached the final, could not overcome the initial hurdle by losing to Vietnam's Nguyen Thuy Linh 13-21, 12-21 in the women's singles. Akarshi Kashyap also lost to seventh seeded Thai shuttler Supanida Katethong 13-21, 12-21. Had to go out after losing.
The Panda sisters – Rutaparna and Swetaparna – also crashed out in the first round in women's doubles after losing 18-21, 22-24 to Chinese Taipei's Chang Ching Hui and Yang Ching Tun. Lakshya, competing in his second event since the Olympics kept pace with his Chinese opponent before taking an 11-9 lead at the break and going ahead at 8-8. The Indian player maintained his lead after the restart and led by seven points at 20- Took lead by 11 and won the initial game easily.
After the change of sides, Lakshya took the lead to 8-2, but Lu made a comeback to reduce the gap to 11-12. The Indian player increased his lead to 16-11, but Lu's persistence paid off and he troubled Lakshya. Continued to do so and turned the situation around and took a lead of 19-18. The Indian equalised, but Lu came back to take the required two points. In the deciding game, Lu maintained his composure and went ahead 14-9, while the Indian players struggled to maintain the pace. . With Lakshya hitting long shots, Lu immediately secured six match points and ensured victory.
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