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Sindhu, Prannoy in Round 2, Lakshya loses to Axelsen

Updated on: 30 May,2024 07:45 AM IST  |  Singapore
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Up against World No. 21 Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt of Denmark, Sindhu registered a 21-12, 22-20 win in a 44-minute opening round encounter to set up a mouth-watering battle against Rio Olympic champion Carolina Marin.

Sindhu, Prannoy in Round 2,  Lakshya loses to Axelsen

India’s PV Sindhu

Star shuttlers PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy progressed to the second round but Lakshya Sen went down fighting to World No. 1 Viktor Axelsen at the Singapore Open Super 750 Badminton Tournament here on Wednesday.


Up against World No. 21 Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt of Denmark, Sindhu registered a 21-12, 22-20 win in a 44-minute opening round encounter to set up a mouth-watering battle against Rio Olympic champion Carolina Marin.


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HS Prannoy
HS Prannoy

World No. 3 Marin has an overwhelming 11-5 record against the Indian. The last time the two clashed, it turned out to be an ill-tempered match at Denmark Open which saw both players receiving yellow cards for verbal exchanges.

World No. 10 Prannoy then quelled a spirited challenge from Julien Carraggi, ranked 45, of Belgium 21-9, 18-21, 21-9 to set up a meeting with Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto next.

Commonwealth Games bronze medallist pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand notched up a 21-7, 21-14 win over Cheng Yu-Pei and Sun Yu Hsing of Chinese Taipei to make a good start in women’s doubles.

However World No. 14 Lakshya, who will be making his Olympic debut at the Paris Games, fought hard but went out of steam after the change of ends in the decider to go down 13-21, 21-16, 13-21 in 62 minutes against Axelsen.

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