Star Indian Shuttler Lakshya Sen Suffered a Shock Defeat But The Trio of Malvika Bansod, Aakarshi Kashyap and Unnati Hooda Advanced to the Women’s Singles Round Round after Hard-FOR HARD UsD 475,000 Thailand Open Super 500 Tournament Here on Wedns. World no. 10 pair of tressa jolly and gayatri gopichand, currently the best-ranked Indians in the world, also made a positive start to their campaign, Reaching the second round with a 21-15 21-13 21-13 21-13 Win Eg Xy and C. Ting. The third-seeded Indian combination, which is returning after Missing The Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Championships Due to Injuries, Will Next Square of Against Japan ‘
Sen, A 2021 World Championships Bronze Medallist, Fell to Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen in a Tense Three-Game Battle, Losing 18-21 21-9 17-21 in a men’s singles matches matches matches match.
After Dropping The First Game, Sen Found His Rhythm in the Second, Dominating with Aggressive Rallies. However, Nguyen Held His Nerve in a Close-decider, edging ahead at 17-13 before sealing the win.
World no. 33 Priyanshu Rajawat Too Made A First-Round Exit as He Went Down 13-21 21-17 16-21 16-21 Against Alwi Farhan of Indonesia.
In Women’s Singles, World No. 23 Malvika, A Runner-up at the 2024 HYLO Open, Osted Turkey’s Neslihan Arin 21-12 13-21 21-17 to set up a Clash with Former World Champion Ratchanok Intanon, Seeded
Aakarshi survived a thrilling const against Japan’s Kaoru Sugiyama, Winning 21-16 20-22 22-20. It was a match of narrow margins, with the Indian Holding Her Nerve in the Final Stages of the Decider.
The 17-Year-old Unnati, The 2022 Odisha Masters and 2023 Abu Dhabi Masters Winner, also fought her way through to the next round, registering a gritty 21-14 18-21 23-21 23-21 Victory Over Thalan Thamanwan Nithiittikrai.
Unnati, who reacted the semifinals at taaipei open last week, will face top seed thai pornpawee chochuwong, while aakarshi meets fourth seeded supanida katethong, ALSO from Thailand.
However, it was the end of the road for rakshitha santhosh Ramraj, who lost her women’s singles opener 18-21 7-21 7-21 to eighth seed yeo jia min of singapore.
Former National Champion anupama upadhyaya, who was part of India’s Sudirman Cup Team, Too Fell by the Wayside, Going Down 11-21 9-21 9-21 to Thailand’s former World Champion Ratchanok Intanon.
The women’s pair of k selvam and s singhi, and men’s pair of p krishnamurthy roy and s pratheek k also lost in the opening round of duals events.
National Games Gold Medallist Thar Mannepalli will face justin hoh of malaysia laater in the day.
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