Kumamoto (Japan), November 13 (ANI): India’s Lakshya Sen progressed to the semifinals of the BWF Kumamoto Japan Masters Super 500 after registering a cushty straight-games victory over Japan’s Yushi Tanaka within the quarterfinals on Friday.
Lakshya defeated Tanaka 21-16, 21-15 to seal his place within the final 4 of the match.
The Indian shuttler will subsequent face Indonesia’s sixth seed Alwi Farhan within the semifinals on Saturday. Lakshya will look to beat his earlier document in opposition to Farhan, having misplaced each their earlier encounters.
Meanwhile, India’s Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the match after struggling a straight-games defeat in opposition to Japan’s Koki Watanabe within the quarterfinals.
Srikanth went down 22-24, 15-21 in a intently contested opening sport earlier than Watanabe secured the second sport to seal his place within the semifinals.
Earliier, Srikanth outplayed World No. 8 and residential favorite Kodai Naraoka in a three-game thriller, advancing to the quarter-finals. Despite coming into the match with a 0-4 head-to-head document in opposition to Naraoka, Srikanth confirmed nice composure to take the opening sport 21-15, profitable seven consecutive factors after trailing 12-14.
The Japanese shuttler fought again strongly to power a decider and held the early benefit within the final sport. However, Srikanth stored his nerve, drew stage at 7-7 and regained management to shut out the match 21-18 in 60 minutes.
In doubles, males’s doubles pair Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun, together with girls’s doubles duo Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela misplaced their respective Round of 16 matches. (ANI)