India’s Lakshya Sen battled laborious in opposition to China’s Lu Guang Zu however in the end misplaced in three video games to make an early exit from the Denmark Open Tremendous 750 badminton match on Tuesday. Lakshya, a 2021 World Championship bronze medallist, squandered a gap recreation benefit, dropping 21-12 19-21 14-21 to Lu in a males’s singles opening-round match, which lasted 70 minutes. The 22-year-old from Almora, who completed fourth on the Paris Olympics, had beforehand misplaced within the second spherical of the Arctic Open in Finland final week. Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu moved into the second spherical after her opponent Pai Yu Po of Chines Taipei retired halfway within the second recreation with the rating studying 21-8 13-7 in favour of the Indian.

Nonetheless, Malvika Bansod, who had reached the quarterfinals on the China Open, could not cross the opening hurdle, happening to Vietnam’s Nguyen Thuy Linh 13-21 12-21 in ladies’s singles.

Aakarshi Kashyap additionally confronted an early exit, dropping 13-21 12-21 to seventh-seeded Thai shuttler Supanida Katethong.

Panda sisters — Rutaparna and Swetaparna — additionally made a first-round exit after dropping 18-21 22-24 in opposition to Chinese language Taipei’s Chang Ching Hui and Yang Ching Tun in ladies’s doubles.

Lakshya, competing in his second occasion because the Olympics, stored tempo along with his Chinese language rival earlier than pulling forward at 8-8 to take an 11-9 benefit on the break.

The Indian stored his nostril forward after resumption and jumped to 20-11 with a seven-point burst to comfortably pocket the opening recreation.

After the change of sides, Lakshya surged to 8-2 however Lu rallied to slim the hole to 11-12.

The Indian prolonged his result in 16-11 however Lu’s persistence paid off as he stored troubling Lakshya and reversed the state of affairs, taking a 19-18 lead. The Indian drew parity however Lu obtained the required two factors to script a comeback.

Within the decider, Lu maintained his composure and pulled forward to 14-9, whereas the Indian struggled to maintain tempo. In a jiffy, Lu seized six match factors and sealed the victory when Lakshya went lengthy.