Tokyo [Japan], November 14 (ANI): Paris Olympics 2024 semifinalist Lakshya Sen superior into the semifinals of the continuing Kumamoto Masters Japan 2025 badminton event on Friday.
According to Olympics.com, Lakshya secured a win over former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore, at the moment ranked world quantity 9, inside two video games by scores of 21-13, 21-17, in a 40-minute match.
This is Lakshya’s seventh win over the Singapore star in 10 head-to-head encounters.
Loh began sharply and was forward in preliminary exchanges untill Lakshya took again management with 4 factors in a row to maneuver up by 8-5 and had a three-point lead heading into the interval. He adopted it with six successive factors, and he ended the primary recreation with ease, main by eight factors.
In the second recreation, Loh was as soon as once more main by 9-7, however Lakshya went on a eight-point win streak that turned the tide.
A World Championship gold medalist approach again in 2021, Loh lower the deficit to 18-17, however Lakshya got here in clutch to get the final three factors for the win.
Now, Lakshya’s semifinal conflict can be towards world No. 13 and 2018 Asian Games bronze medallist Kenta Nishimoto of Japan.
Lakshya has been poor this season form-wise, as Saturday’s conflict will mark his third semifinal this season, after the Hong Kong Open in September and the Macau Open in August. He has skilled 11 first-round exits this season in 19 occasions, however has had some standout wins, together with a overcome world quantity two Anders Antonsen on the Denmark Open.
Lakshya is the only Indian challenger current within the competitors as of now, because the doubles and girls’s singles occasions ended for India in Wednesday. (ANI)