Hylo Open Super 300: Lakshya Sen crashes out after straight-game loss to Ng Ka Long Angus in first spherical

Top Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen suffered a straight-game defeat by the hands of Ng Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong within the males’s singles to make a first-round exit from the Hylo Open badminton event on Tuesday.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 1, 2022 23:55 IST

Hylo Open: Lakshya Sen crashes out after straight-game loss in first spherical (AP Photo)

By India Today Web Desk: Seventh seed Lakshya Sen crashed out of the Hylo Open Super 300 occasion in Saarbrucken, Germany on Tuesday. Ng Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong prevailed 21-12, 21-5 in 27 minutes. The match was as one-sided because the scoreline suggests, as Lakshya struggled for rhythm from the phrase go.

The 21-year-old Sen, a world championships bronze winner and a Commonwealth Games champion, misplaced 12-21, 5-21 within the opening spherical match that lasted simply 27 minutes.

It was a poor present by the seventh-seeded Indian as he was outplayed by his opponent. Sen struggled all through the match. In the primary recreation, Sen misplaced manner after 2-2 and Angus left the Indians far behind to simply take a 1-0 lead.

The second recreation was even worse for Sen as he allowed Angus to take 9 straight factors at one stage to pocket the match. In the combined doubles, the Indian duo of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto misplaced 13-21 12-21 to the Chinese pair of Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping within the first spherical.

Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma, H S Prannoy, Saina Nehwal, Malvika Bansod, and the French Open champion duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are among the many Indians collaborating within the Super 300 event.

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Nov 1, 2022