Kidambi outperforms Sen, Sameer scores upset win

Kidambi Srikanth prevailed over Lakshya Sen in an all-Indian duel to advance to the lads’s singles second spherical of the French Open Super 750 badminton match right here on Wednesday.

Sameer Verma, in the meantime, registered an upset win over Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia to additionally make it to the second spherical.

Srikanth, the 2021 World Championships silver winner, beat junior compatriot Sen 21-18 21-18 in a primary spherical match that lasted 46 minutes.

This was solely the second profession match between the highest two Indian shuttlers. Sen had misplaced to his senior compatriot of their earlier assembly on the semifinals of the 2021 World Championships to accept a bronze medal.

Srikanth subsequent faces the winner of the primary spherical match between Rasmus Gemke of Denmark and Nhat Nguyen of Ireland.

The unseeded Verma, in the meantime, beat sixth-seeded Ginting 21-15 21-23 22-20 in a hard-fought upset win in a primary spherical match that lasted one hour and 17 minutes.

Verma made a exceptional fightback within the deciding sport. He saved two match factors after being 18-20 down.

Verma thus avenged Ginting for his loss within the Swiss Open in March.

He will face Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand within the second spherical.

HS Prannoy additionally made it to the second spherical of the match with a hard-fought win over Liew Daren of Malaysia within the males’s singles.

Prannoy defeated his lower-ranked opponent 21-16 16-21 21-16 in a primary spherical match that lasted one hour and 13 minutes.

Prannoy will subsequent face Lu Guang Zu of China.

In the lads’s doubles, the Indian pair of M R Arjun and Dhruv Kapila misplaced to the fifth-seeded Indonesian duo of Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardiant 15-21 16-21 within the first spherical.