US Open Badminton Highlights: Ace Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu suffered a straight-game defeat to crash out in the quarterfinals at the US Open. However Lakshya Sen marched into the last-four stage of the tournament on Friday, 16th July 2023.
Also Read: US Open Highlights: Sindhu, Lakshya Sen & Sankar enter quarterfinal
Quarterfinal Fixtures
Men’s Singles
Lakshya Sen BEAT Sankar Muthusamy – 21-10 21-17
Women’s Singles
PV Sindhu LOST TO Gao Feng Jie – 20-22 13-21
Lakshya Sen vs Sankar Subramanian
In an all-Indian affair, third seed Lakshya easily got the better of promising 19-year-old Sankar Muthusamy from Chennai.
Lakshya was extremely confident in his rallies and it showed in the final match statistics as he won 42 rallies while Sankar Muthusamy could manage only 27 in a contest that lasted 38 minutes.
PV Sindhu faces Gao Fang Jie in US Open quarterfinal
Olympic medallist Sindhu appeared to be fighting hard against her Chinese opponent, ranked 36th in the world, but the Indian’s inability to win long rallies proved to be crucial in the opening game.
Sindhu was completely overpowered in the second as Fang Jie upped her game and gave little room to the Indian to approach the net and play her drop shots. Sindhu had defeated Korea’s Sung Shuo Yun to secure a place in the quarterfinals.
