French Open Badminton: Kidambi Srikanth defeats Lakshya Sen in second round, Sameer Verma upsets

Paris. India’s Kidambi Srikanth defeated compatriot Lakshya Sen to enter the second round of the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament. On the other hand, Sameer Verma made it to the second round by registering an unexpected win over Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia. This was the second career clash between the two top Indian shuttlers. Sen had lost to his senior compatriot in the semi-finals of the 2021 World Championships in the last bronze medal match. World Championship 2021 silver medalist Srikanth defeated Sen 21-18, 21-18 in 46 minutes.

Srikanth will now face the winner of the match between Rasmus Gemke of Denmark and Ann Nguyen of Ireland. On the other hand, unseeded Indian Sameer Verma defeated the world’s sixth seed Anthony 21-15, 21-23, 22-20 in a tough match that lasted for one hour and 17 minutes. He also avenged his loss to the same opponent in the Swiss Open in March. Now the record of both against each other has become 2-2.

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HS Prannoy also won with Sameer Verma
Sameer Verma will now face Thailand’s Kunlavut Viditsaran. HS Prannoy also made it to the second round by defeating Malaysia’s Liu Daren. Prannoy defeated his lower ranked opponent 21-16, 16-21, 21-16. Now he will face Lu Guang Xu of China. In men’s doubles, the pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila lost 15-21, 16-21 to fifth seeds Fajr Alfiyan and Muhammad Riyan Ardiant of Indonesia.

Sameer surprised the sixth seed
Sameer Verma confirmed his place in the second round by registering a win over Indonesia’s Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. Sameer easily won the first game 21-15 against the Indonesian player. However, after this Ginting made a tremendous comeback in the second game and won the game 23-21. In the third game, World No. 31 Sameer once again showed his strength and won the game and the match by 22-20.

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