US Open Highlights: Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu negan their US Open 2023 campaign with victories. Lakshya Sen clinched a 21-8, 21-16 win against Kalle Koljonen in the first round on Tuesday, 12th July 2023. PV Sindhu meanwhile sailed past Disha Gupta with a 21-15, 21-12 victory. Sankar Subramanian menwhile clinched an upset win against eighth seed Nhat Nguyen.
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Men’s Singles
Sankar Subramanian BEAT Nhat Nguyen – 21-11, 21-16
Lakshya Sen BEAT Kalle Koljonen – 21-8, 21-16
Sai Praneeth LOST TO Li Shi Feng – 16-21, 21-14, 21-19
Women’s Singles
PV Sindhu BEAT Disha Gupta – 21-15, 21-12
Gadde Ruthvika Shivani LOST TO Lin Hsiang-ti – 14-21, 11-21.
Men’s Singles
PV Sindhu defeated Diksha 21-15, 21-12 in just 27 minutes to enter the second round, while Lakshya Sen beat his Finnish opponent 21-8, 21-16 in less than 30 minutes.
However, B Sai Praneeth lost to 23-year-old world No. 7 Chinese player Li Shi Feng after a gruelling match that lasted three games. Sai Praneeth gave a tough fight to second seed Shi Feng before going down 16-21, 21-14, 21-19 in one hour and 14 minutes.
Sankar though was tested by his Irish opponent Nhat Nguyen before winning 21-11, 21-16 in 44 minites, while In another women’s singles match, India’s 61-ranked player Ruthvika Shivani went down to Lin Hsiang Ti of Chinese-Taipei 14-21, 11-21.
On Tuesday, former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap retired midway into his second match after trailing 21-23 7-11 against Koo Takahashi of Japan. He had won his first match against England’s Rohan Midha 21-19, 21-17.
