Sindhu ousted in Rd One; Sen, Satwik-Chirag advance

India’s PV Sindhu returns to China’s Zhang Yi Man. Pic/AFP

Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu made yet another first-round exit, but Lakshya Sen staved off a spirited challenge from fellow Indian Priyanshu Rajawat to progress to the second round of the Japan Open Super 750 badminton tournament here on Wednesday.

Newly-crowned Korea Open champion Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also made a positive start to their campaign, extending their unbeaten run to 11 matches, following the wins in Yeosu and Indonesia. Enduring a tough phase of her career, Sindhu lost 12-21, 13-21 to Zhang Yi Man of China in her opener that lasted 32 minutes. It was her seventh first round exit in 13 BWF World Tour events this year.

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Canada Open champion Sen, too showed better mental fortitude to survive a scare against compatriot Rajawat, prevailing 21-15, 12-21, 24-22 in a 65-minute battle. Sen will face Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in the second round. In-form doubles pair of Satwik and Chirag had no such issues as the two beat the Indonesian duo of Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin 21-16, 11-21, 21-13 to move into the second round.

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