Indonesia Open badminton: India’s Lakshya Sen, Parupalli Kashyap knocked out

Lakshya Sen fell in straight games to Kento Momota while Kashyap lost to Loh Kean Yew.

1 minBy Rahul Venkat
Lakshya Sen - BWF.
(Badmintonphoto - Courtesy of BWF)

India’s Lakshya Sen and Parupalli Kashyap bowed out of the men’s singles at the Indonesia Open 2021 in Bali on Tuesday.

Lakshya Sen went down fighting 23-21, 21-15 to world No. 1 Kento Momota of Japan in a match that lasted 53 minutes.

Kento Momota had also beaten Lakshya Sen enroute the Indonesia Masters title at the same venue last week - his first BWF World Tour crown since his car crash in 2019.

Meanwhile, Parupalli Kashyap - the 2014 Commonwealth Games gold-medallist and husband of Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal - lost 21-11, 21-14 to Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew.

This was Parupalli Kashyap’s sixth-consecutive first-round exit on the 2021 BWF World Tour.

In the men’s doubles, MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila were eliminated after losing 22-20, 21-13 to South Koreans Choi SoiGyu and Kim WonHo.

The pair of Venkat Prasad and Juhi Dewangan exited the mixed doubles following a 21-12, 21-4 loss to Germans Jones Ralfy Jensen and Linda Efler.

World champion PV Sindhu, former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth and Tokyo Olympians Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will begin their campaigns on Wednesday.