Indonesia Masters LIVE: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and in-form shuttler Lakshya Sen made impressive starts at the Indonesia Masters Super 750 badminton tournament on Tuesday. Sen showcased his supreme skills to down World No.10 Kanta Tsuneyama in a huge upset in the first round with a three-set win. As for PV Sindhu, the two-time […]
Indonesia Masters LIVE: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and in-form shuttler Lakshya Sen made impressive starts at the Indonesia Masters Super 750 badminton tournament on Tuesday. Sen showcased his supreme skills to down World No.10 Kanta Tsuneyama in a huge upset in the first round with a three-set win. As for PV Sindhu, the two-time Olympic medallist sealed a rather convincing win on her return to the court. Follow live updates on InsideSport.in
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Lakshya Sen sealed a stunning win over world no 10 Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama in the men’s singles. The 20-year-old from Almora, who had reached the semifinals at Hylo Open Super 500 and final of Dutch Open, displayed tremendous grit on way to a shocking 21-17, 18-21, 21-17 win over Kanta in an hour and 8 minutes. In the decider, Lakshya showed great mental fortitude as he fought back from 3-6 to jump to 13-8 with a six-point burst. Kanta made it 16-16 but Lakshya ensured he had the last laugh as he won five of the next six points to enter the second round. Lakshya will now face top seed and two-time world champion Kento Momota of Japan in the next round.
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Reigning world champion Sindhu, seeded third, recorded a 21-15, 21-19 win over Thailand’s Supanida Katethong in a 43-minute women’s singles match to set up a second-round clash with Spain’s Clara Azurmendi.Sindhu didn’t have much trouble in outwitting Supanida in the opening game as she ran up a lead of 11-5 and kept her opponent at a distance even after the break.
Supanida was more competitive in the second game as she kept snapping at Sindhu’s heels. The Indian opened up an 11-8 lead at the break but the Thai player kept lurking around. At 19-18, Sindhu grabbed two match points. Supanida saved one before Sindhu sealed the affair.
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Indonesia Masters LIVE: PV Sindhu vs Supaida Katethong
PV Sindhu had impressed in the French Open before bowing out of the semifinals
She will play her Thai competitor for the first time in her badminton career
Sindhu has won 3 out of her last 5 matches while Katethong has bagged 2 victories in the last 5 games
Her Indonesia Masters best is making it to the quarterfinals of Indonesia Masters in 2015, 2018, and 2019.
Her 2021 is best is entering the finals of Swiss Open, Semifinals of All England Open, French Open
Kick-off @ 8.30 AM IST on 17 November (All matches)
Indonesia Masters LIVE: Lakshya Sen vs Kanta Tsuneyam
19th ranked Lakshya Sen has received a tough draw against 10th ranked Kanta Tsuneyama from Japan.
Lakshya Sen has won 3 out of his last 5 matches.
His rival has won all his last 5 matches to clinch the French Open title.
The two players are yet to face off in their careers.
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Indonesia Masters LIVE: Kidambi Srikanth vs Christo Popov
Kidambi Srikanth will play against lower-ranked Christo Popov of France.
This will be the first meeting between the two shuttles.
Popov is ranked 71st in the world, while Srikanth is as high as 15th.
Srikanth has been in fine form, having made the semi-final of the Hylo Open.
Indonesia Masters LIVE: HS Prannoy vs Daren Liew
HS Prannoy will play against lower-ranked Daren Liew of Malaysia.
The duo will lock horns for the sixth time with Prannoy trailing Liew 2-3. However, he had last beaten Malaysian in the All England Open earlier this year.
The two players are in drastic form with HS Prannoy winless in the last 5 matches, Liew has won lone match in his last 5 battles.
Indonesia Masters LIVE: Sai Praneeth vs Shear Hiren Rhustavito
Sai Praneeth will face off lower-ranked Indonesian Rhustavito
The two players have locked horns only once with Praneeth emerging victorious in Syed Modi International Championships 2018.
Praneeth had last impressed in Thomas Cup and will look to emulate his performance in Indonesia Masters. His rival recently lost to India’s Saurabh Verma.
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