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NEW DELHI: Indian badminton stars PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen made their way into the quarterfinals of the women’s and men’s singles events, respectively, at the Canada Open Super 500 tournament.
Sindhu secured her spot in the last eight after her opponent, Natsuki Nidaira of Japan, withdrew from the match. Meanwhile, Sen displayed an impressive performance, claiming a 21-15, 21-11 victory against Brazil’s Ygor Coelho in just 31 minutes.
In the quarterfinals, Sindhu will face Gao Fang Jie, the 2022 Indonesia Masters champion, who played a crucial role in China’s triumph at the Asia Mixed Team Championships earlier this year.
Sen, who is a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, takes on Belgium’s Julien Carraggi.
However, Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala couldn’t cross the pre-quarterfinal stage, going down 9-21 11-21 to Indonesian second seed and world number 7 Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.
Sen has been slowly regaining his touch after going through a lean patch early in the season.
On Thursday, Sen faced a tough battle against Coelho, who erased a 0-2 deficit with a four-point burst and then kept it tight. The duo moved neck and neck till 13-13 when Sen managed to march ahead and sealed the contest after jumping to 20-15 with a five-point burst.
In the second game, Sen hardly had any issues as he galloped to 12-2 and took giant strides to comfortably seal the match.
Sindhu secured her spot in the last eight after her opponent, Natsuki Nidaira of Japan, withdrew from the match. Meanwhile, Sen displayed an impressive performance, claiming a 21-15, 21-11 victory against Brazil’s Ygor Coelho in just 31 minutes.
In the quarterfinals, Sindhu will face Gao Fang Jie, the 2022 Indonesia Masters champion, who played a crucial role in China’s triumph at the Asia Mixed Team Championships earlier this year.
Sen, who is a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, takes on Belgium’s Julien Carraggi.
However, Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala couldn’t cross the pre-quarterfinal stage, going down 9-21 11-21 to Indonesian second seed and world number 7 Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.
Sen has been slowly regaining his touch after going through a lean patch early in the season.
On Thursday, Sen faced a tough battle against Coelho, who erased a 0-2 deficit with a four-point burst and then kept it tight. The duo moved neck and neck till 13-13 when Sen managed to march ahead and sealed the contest after jumping to 20-15 with a five-point burst.
In the second game, Sen hardly had any issues as he galloped to 12-2 and took giant strides to comfortably seal the match.
(With inputs from PTI)
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