Badminton News: Two of India’s top men’s singles players, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy, couldn’t go farther in the prestigious China Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament on Tuesday (5/9).

HS Prannoy, bronze medalist at the 2023 World Championships, was surprisingly knocked out in the first round of the China Open Super 1000 badminton tournament after losing in a three-game match against Malaysian youngster Ng Tze Yong at the Olympic Sports Center gymnasium from Changzhou.

The world number six, the Indian player worked hard for an hour and six minutes before losing the match rubber 12-21, 21-13 and 18-21 to the 22nd ranked Malaysian player.

Meanwhile, defending Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen was also knocked out of the tournament in the first round after losing to Denmark’s Anders Antonsen also in three matches 21-23, 21-16 and 9-21 in one. hour and 18 minutes.

Priyanshu Rajawat then lost two matches 13-21 and 24-26 against the Indonesian Shesar Hiren Rhustavito.

With this result, India’s participation in the men’s singles sector came to an end.

Women’s doubles pair Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand also lost to four-time world champions who are also seeded to host China Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan with back-to-back matches 18-21, 11-21 .

There were no Indian players in the women’s singles after star and former world champion PV Sindhu pulled out of the tournament at the last minute due to his decision to focus on the upcoming 2023 Asian Games championship .

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