Japan Open Badminton: Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto in the second round to make an early exit from the Japan Open Super 750 badminton tournament here on Wednesday.The 21-year-old from Almora, a 2021 world championships bronze medallist, went down 21-18, 14-21, 13-21 to world number 21 Nishimoto in a men’s singles match that lasted an hour and six minutes. Follow Japan Open Badminton LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
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It was his first defeat to the Japanese in two meetings. Fast-rising men’s doubles pairing of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, who jumped nine places to reach world number 26 after a quarterfinal finish at the World Championships, lost 21-19, 21-23, 15-21 to Korean combination of Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho.
Mixed doubles pair of Juhi Dewangan and Venkat Gaurav Prasad lost 11-21, 10-21 to Chinese top seed Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiong in 23 minutes.
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