Defending champion Lakshya Sen and former champion Saina Nehwal suffered defeats in the second round of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2023 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday. Sen won the first game of the men’s singles event but Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke outplayed the Indian in lengthy rallies to win 16-21, 21-15, 21-18 at the HSBC-BWF World Tour Super 750 event. Badminton Association of India Later, Saina lost 21-9, 21-12 to Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei of China in the women’s singles second round match.
In the quarterfinals, Gemke will now face top seed and compatriot Viktor Axelsen, who beat China’s Shi Yu Qi 21-16, 16-21, 21-9 earlier in the day.
In men’s singles, fourth seed Jonathan Christie of Indonesia, third seed Loh Kean Yew of Singapore and fifth seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei and top seeds Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, Carolina Marin of Spain and He Bingjiao of China advanced to the next round. have arrived. Women’s Singles.
The second round clash between Sen and Gemke kept the spectators on the edge of their seats in the decider as Sen came from 8-14 down to make it 13-14. Thereafter, both the players engaged in high-energy rallies, one of which took 69 shots.
However, it ended in a heartbreak for the Indian as she hit the net tap long to hand Jemke the win after an hour and 21 minutes of battle.
In the women’s singles, Saina was up against third seed China, who will now take on Thailand’s Supanida Katethong.
Meanwhile, the Indian challenge in the doubles events ended with defending champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty being given a walkover in their second round match due to injury, while men’s doubles Vishnuvardhan Goud and Krishna Prasad and women’s doubles pair Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand going down against his higher ranked opponents.
Tresa and Gayatri saved four match points but could not avoid going down 21-9 21-16 to sixth seeds Zhang Shu Jian and Zheng Yue of China while Krishna and Vishuvardhan lost 14-21 to China’s Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang. , lost by 10-. 21.
main results:
Men’s Singles: 4-Jonathan Christie (INA) bt Zhao Jun Peng (China) 21-19, 15-21, 21-12; 5-Chou Tien Chen (TPE) bt Wang Tzu Wei (TPE) 18-21, 21-17, 21-10; 1- Viktor Axelsen (Den) bt Shi Yu Qi (China) 21-16, 16-21, 21-9; 3-Loh Kean Yew (Sin) bt Hans-Christian Wittings (Den) 21-18, 21-17
Women’s Singles: 1-Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) bt Yu Han (China) 21-14, 21-17; 4 Hee Bingjiao (China) bt Kim Ga Eun (Cor) 21-18, 21-15; Beiwen Zhang (USA) bt 7-Wang Xie Yi (China) 21-17, 11-3 ret.
Women’s Doubles: 6-Zhang Shu Jian/Zheng Yu (China) bt Treesa Jolly/Gayathri Gopichand (India) 21-9, 21-16