Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen secured his berth in the pre-quarters of the Hylo Open on Wednesday, while Srikanth Kidambi was shown the exit door in the Super 500 event in Saarbrucken, Germany.
Lakshya registered
a 21-16 22-20 straight sets win over Frenchman Christo Popov, while Srikanth went down 19-21 11-21 to compatriot Kiran George in the USD 475,000 event.
Lakshya will next face compatriot S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian, who defeated Malaysia’s Jun Hao Leong 21-14, 18-21, 21-16 in another opening round match.
George will next face eighth seed Toma Junior Popov of France, who beat Harry Huang of England 21-17, 19-21, 21-19.
There were some encouraging results in women’s singles as well, with unseeded Shriyanshi Valishetty outsmarting third seed Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt of Denmark 21-19, 21-12 in just 33 minutes.
Young Rakshitha Santhosh Ramraj also progressed to the round of 16 with a 21-14, 21-16 win over Clara Azurmendi of Spain.
Valishetty and Ramraj will meet each other in the second round in an all-Indian contest.
However, it was the end of the road for Anmol Kharb as she fought valiantly before losing 24-26, 21-23 against eighth seed Julie Dawall Jakobsen of Denmark in another women’s singles opening round match.
