Lakshya Sen was defeated in the first round of Hilo Open, Hong Kong’s Ng Ka Long defeated in straight games

Saarbrücken. India’s ace shuttler Lakshya Sen suffered a straight game defeat against Hong Kong’s Ng Ka Long Angus in the men’s singles first round of the Hilo Open badminton tournament here on Tuesday. The 21-year-old Lakshya, a World Championship bronze medalist and Commonwealth Games champion, went down 12-21 5-21 in just 27 minutes in his first round encounter.

Seventh seed Lakshya could not give any competition to the Hong Kong player and had to face a one-sided defeat. Please tell that Ng’s Long Angus was defeated by Srikanth in Denmark Open. In mixed doubles, the Indian pair of Ishan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto also suffered a 13-21 12-21 defeat against Feng Yan Xie and Huang Dong Ping in the first round.

Now eyes on the pair of French Open champion Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty
All eyes will be on the pair of recently crowned French Open champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. If they start their campaign in the Hylo Open Super 300 Badminton tournament starting here on Tuesday, then their eyes will be on maintaining this rhythm. Commonwealth Games champions Satwik and Chirag clinched their biggest title of the season by defeating Chinese Taipei’s Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han in the men’s doubles final of the French Open on Sunday night.

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