Indonesia Open 2021: Lakshya Sen goes down preventing vs World No. 1 Kento Momota, Parupalli Kashyap ousted

Indonesia Open 2021: 21-year-old Lakshya Sen got here up with a valiant battle towards World No. 1 Kento Momota of Japan within the opening spherical of the Super 1000 match in Bali on Tuesday. Indonesia Open: Lakshya Sen goes down preventing vs World No. 1 Kento Momota (PBL Photo)HIGHLIGHTSLakshya Sen misplaced to Kento Momota 21-23, 15-21 in Bali on TuesdayParupalli Kashyap additionally exited the Super 1000 match in first roundAll eyes on PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth on the Indonesia OpenIndia’s rising badminton star Lakshya Sen on Tuesday went down preventing towards World No. 1 Kento Momota of Japan within the opening spherical of the boys’s singles occasion on the Super 1000 match in Bali.

The 21-year-old, considered the most effective younger abilities within the nation, lead Kento Momota 18-14 within the first sport however he allowed the benefit slip as Momota took a 20-18 lead. Lakshya saved 2 sport factors but it surely was not sufficient because the Japanese prime seed sealed the opening sport.Momota pulled forward and took the match 23-21, 21-15 in 53 minutes. Lakshya can take coronary heart from the battle he showcased towards Momota, who additionally defeated the younger Indian final week on the Indonesia Masters.In one other males’s singles match, Parupalli Kashyap went down 11-21 14-21 to Loh Kean Yew of Singapore to bow out of the competitors.Men’s doubles pair of M R Arjun and Dhruv Kapila misplaced 20-22 13-21 to Korea’s Choi Solgyu and Kim Wonho within the opening spherical.Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Dewangan too had a dismal day as they went down 12-21 4-21 to Germany pair of Jones Ralfy Jansen and Linda Efler.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.