Lakshya Sen reaffirmed his status as one of India’s rising talents as he gave legendary Lin Dan a scare, before losing in three games, at the New Zealand Open badminton championship here on Thursday.Up against the two-time Olympic champion Dan, the 17-year-old gave a fantastic account by pocketing the first game bfeore going down 15-21, 21-15, 21-12 in a marathon second round match that lasted 67 minutes.
“Good Match against the Legend Lin Dan……gave my best shot!! have realised that i still have a long way to go!! I would like to thank all the coaches of Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, OGQ, SAI for their support,” Lakshya tweeted after the match.Third-seeded B. Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma won in straight games to enter the quarterfinals. Sai Praneeth defeated Malaysia’s Darren Liew 21-18, 21-7, while fifth seed Sameer Verma got the better of Cheuk Yiu Lee of Hong Kong 21-17, 21-19. Ajay Jayaram lost to Kwang Hee Heo of Korea 15-21, 22-20, 21-6.
The men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy also entered the quarterfinals with 21-9, 21-12 win over Thailand’s Pakin Kuna-Anuvit and Natthapat Trinkajee.But, the combination of Meghana Jakkampudi and Poorvisha S. Ram crashed out in women’s doubles second round, losing 21-5, 21-6 against top seeds Della Destiara Haris and Rizki Amelia Pradipta of Indonesia.
It was also curtains for India in the mixed doubles event with Shivam Sharma-Poorvisha and Rohan Kapoor-Kuhoo Garg losing in the second round.The results (second round): Men: Lin Dan (Chn) bt Lakshya Sen 15-21, 21-15, 21-12; B. Sai Praneeth bt Darren Liew (Mas) 21-18, 21-7; Sameer Verma bt Cheuk Yiu Lee (HK) 21-17, 21-19; Kwang Hee Heo (Kor) bt Ajay Jayaram 15-21, 22-20, 21-6. Doubles: Manu Attri & B. Sumeeth Reddy bt Pakin Kuna- Anuvit & Natthapat Trinkajee 21-9, 21-12.
While Shivam and Poorvisha lost 16-21 14-21 against eight seed Peng Soon Chan and Liu Ying Goh of Malaysia, Kuhoo and Rohan were shown the door by top seeds Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand 11-21 11-21.
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