Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], May 25 (ANI): Commonwealth Games 2022 champion Lakshya Sen on Thursday suffered a defeat towards Hong Kong’s Angus Ng Ka Long within the Round of 16 match of the continuing Malaysia Masters 2023 in Kuala Lumpur.
Angus Ng Ka Long produced a shocking efficiency to get the higher of India’s ace participant Sen 21-14, 21-19.
Sen began strongly within the first sport however his Hong Kong opponent dominated the Indian participant to wrap up the sport with ease with a rating of 21-14. Sen seemed like producing a comeback, however Long managed to carry his nerves and are available up trumps.
In the second sport, Angus Ng Ka Long carried the momentum ahead and wrapped up the match 21-19 in simply 48 minutes.
Earlier within the day, World Championship silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth bought the higher of World Number 5 Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in straight video games 21-19, 21-19 within the Round of 16 match of Malaysia Masters 2023 to affix HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu within the quarterfinals on Thursday.
Srikanth will face Indonesia’s Christian Adinata within the last-eight conflict on Friday. It was a hard-fought match for the Hyderabadi shuttler.
The double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu comfortably bought the higher of Aya Ohori of Japan 21-16, 21-11 in 40 minutes in pre-quarters and can lock horns with China’s Zhang Yi Man to guide a spot within the semifinals within the match being held in Kuala Lumpur.
Continuing his good run within the BWF World Tour Super 500 occasion, Prannoy defeated All England champion Li Shi Feng of China with an outstanding come-from-behind victory 13-21, 21-16, 21-11 within the Round of 16. He will face Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto within the last-8 spherical on Friday.
In males’s singles shuttler Lakshya Sen may even be in motion later within the day. Indian shuttlers can be competing in Hangzhou Asian Games from September 23 to October 8 in singles, doubles and workforce occasions.
Sindhu bagged a bronze within the workforce occasion in 2014 whereas she received a silver in girls’s singles within the 2018 version.
Overall Sindhu has a powerful document in multi-sporting occasions as she bagged a gold in Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham and received a silver and bronze in Rio Olympics 2016 and Tokyo Olympics respectively. (ANI)