India’s Lakshya Sen was pressured to retire halfway resulting from decrease again ache on the Singapore Open Tremendous 750 badminton match in Singapore. File
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India’s high males’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made a successful return however there was heartbreak for Lakshya Sen, who was pressured to retire halfway resulting from decrease again ache on the Singapore Open Tremendous 750 badminton match in Singapore on Wednesday (Could 28, 2025).
Again on the courtroom for the primary time since their withdrawal from the All England Championship in March resulting from Chirag’s again damage, the previous world No.1 pair displayed no indicators of rust because it beat Malaysia’s Choong Hon Jian and Muhammad Haikal 21-16 21-13 in just below 40 minutes within the spherical of 32.
It was Satwik and Chirag’s second win over the Forty first-ranked Malaysian pair. The Indians are at present ranked twenty seventh on the planet.
The Asian Video games gold medallists will subsequent sq. off towards seventh seeded Indonesian pair of Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani.
Chirag and Satwik had additionally missed the Sudirman Cup earlier this month, with Satwik battling with well being considerations. Previous to that, they’d made semifinal appearances at each the Malaysia Open and India Open this season.
India’s no. 1 singles participant Sen was pressured to retire throughout his opening spherical conflict towards Lin Chun-Yi of Chinese language Taipei.
Sen, at present ranked seventeenth on the planet, began sturdy and took the primary sport 21-15. However his opponent, world No. 19 Lin, bounced again to say the second 21-17.
The match was evenly poised within the decider when Sen trailed 5-13 earlier than he retired resulting from damage.
“Lakshya needed to retire from his Singapore Open match resulting from decrease again ache and spasm, which he had been experiencing since final Saturday throughout observe in Singapore,” Lakshya’s father and coach DK Sen informed PTI from Singapore.
“Regardless of attempting his greatest, he wasn’t totally match. The ache worsened in the course of the match, and to forestall additional damage, he pulled out of the third set. Our crew will now concentrate on his restoration for upcoming tournaments.
“Restoration is our high precedence now. We’re working exhausting to get Lakshya match and prepared for Indonesia.” Ladies’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand additionally entered the second spherical after prevailing 21-14 19-21 21-17 over Chinese language Taipei’s Chang Ching Hui and Yang Ching Tun.
The eighth seeded Indian mixture will meet China’s Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian subsequent.
In combined doubles, Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde superior to the pre-quarterfinals, defeating the American pair of Chen Zhi Yi and Francesca Corbett 21-16 21-19 in 35 minutes.
The duo will face Hong Kong’s Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet subsequent.
Within the ladies’s singles, Aakarshi Kashyap and Unnati Hooda put up a spirited battle however in the end went right down to world No. 4 Han Yue and world no. 2 Wang Zhi Yi respectively.
Whereas Kashyap went down 21-17 13-21 7-21 to Han in a 58-minute contest, Hooda additionally squandered a gap sport benefit to lose 21-13 9-21 15-21 in a 56-minute affair.
Nonetheless, Anupama Upadhyaya was no match for Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese language Taipei, shedding 12-21 16-21 in 41 minutes.
Doubles pair of Vaishnavi Khadkekar and Alisha Khan misplaced 8-21 9-21 to Australian mixture of Gronya Somerville and Angela Yu.
Revealed – Could 29, 2025 04:12 am IST
