Lakshya Sen eases into third spherical of BWF World Championships; PV Sindhu ousted

Copenhagen: Former champion PV Sindhu’s wretched run continued as she bowed out of the World Championships however Lakshya Sen superior to the third spherical with a straight-game demolition of Korea’s Jeon Hyeok Jin in males’s singles right here on Tuesday.

Essentially the most profitable Indian at World Championships with 5 medals, Sindhu lacked any sting in her assault and went down tamely 14-21, 14-21 to previous nemesis Nozomi Okuhara of Japan, a 2017 gold medallist and silver winner in 2019.

It’s the first time in her profession that Sindhu, seeded sixteenth, has failed to achieve the quarterfinals on the prestigious match.

In males’s singles, Sen, bronze medallist on the 2021 version, prevailed 21-11, 21-12 over the world quantity 51 Korean.

The Indian, thus, settled his rating towards the Korean, who had defeated him of their solely assembly on the Asia Group Championship in 2022.

The eleventh seeded Indian is prone to face third seeded Kunlavut Vitidsarn from Thailand within the subsequent spherical.

Sen has a 4-5 head-to-head depend towards Vitidsarn, whom he had defeated on approach to Canada Open Tremendous 500 title.

Sen was alert and took the initiatives in the course of the rallies, exhibiting his retrieval abilities, pace and shot choice to dominate the proceedings.

The Indian lead 5-1 and slowly saved extending the hole towards a struggling Jeon, who lacked the ending punch in the course of the fast-paced rallies.

Sen entered the interval with 11-6 lead and saved issues below a agency grip even after resumption to shortly transfer to 18-11 earlier than sealing the primary recreation with three straight factors.

Within the second recreation, Sen opened up a 4-1 lead earlier than extending it to 10-5 with a whipping forehand return. One other straight bounce smash helped the Indian make it 11-5 on the break.

Sen continued to assemble his factors and bought behind the shuttle early to supply clear winners to seize eight match factors and transformed it in his second try.

In the meantime, Sindhu and Okuhara, finest recognized for his or her marathon 110-minute-long 2017 World Championships last in Glasgow, have at all times produced partaking contests however the second spherical match on the Royal Area turned out to be a lop-sided contest.

The duo has been troubled by accidents within the final 12 months and had missed the final version. Sindhu got here into the match with a 10-8 cushion however her recreation lacked the attacking prowess.

Dealing with off after three years in gradual circumstances, each the gamers went for prime tosses and clears, trying to attract errors from the opposite however it was the previous world primary Okuhara, who got here up trumps along with her precision.

After an preliminary duel of 6-6, Okuhara managed to seize three factors and enter the break with a two-point lead.

The Japanese made it 16-12 after pouncing on a weak return on the web.  The Indian continued to go broad and lengthy as Okuhara moved to 19-12 with a exact cross court docket return.

One other shot going broad from Sindhu gave seven recreation factors to Okuhara, who transformed after the Indian went broad once more.

The change of sides noticed a shift of momentum with Sindhu racing to a 9-0 lead following a sequence of unforced errors from Okuhara.

Okuhara, nonetheless, slowly began to dominate the rallies and reeled off 5 straight factors with few good placements earlier than making it 9-10.

A cross court docket shot helped Sindhu to realize a two-point benefit on the interval.

Okuhara began catching her rival on the entrance court docket and grabbed six factors from 10-12 to show the tables on the Indian.

At 13-16, Sindhu unleashed a trademark cross court docket smash to set free a cry however she couldn’t management her errors and ultimately gave six match factors to Okuhara, who sealed the competition after the Indian went lengthy once more.

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