: Denmark Open: Layskya defeats Sourabh as Saina, Satwik-Ashwini bow out #IndiaNEWS Lakshya Sen defeated compatriot Sourabh Verma in straight games to enter the second round but it was curtains for Saina

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Denmark Open: Layskya defeats Sourabh as Saina, Satwik-Ashwini bow out #IndiaNEWS
Lakshya Sen defeated compatriot Sourabh Verma in straight games to enter the second round but it was curtains for Saina Nehwal at the Denmark Open Super 1000 tournament on Wednesday.Lakshya, who had finished runners-up at the Dutch Open last Sunday, dished out a superb performance to beat national champion Sourabh 21-9, 21-7 in 26 minutes.The 20-year-old from Almora, who had missed out on making the cut for the Sudirman Cup and Thomas Cup Final after losing his only match in the trials, will clash with second seed and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark next.London Olympics bronze medallist Saina, who had retired midway through her first match at Uber Cup Final due to a groin injury, couldn’t match Japan’s world No 20 Aya Ohori and lost 21-16, 21-14 in the opening round.Former top 10 player HS Prannoy also bowed out of the competition after losing 18-21, 19-21 to sixth seeded Indonesian Jonatan Christie, while 2014 Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli kashyap retired after being 0-3 down against fourth seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa lost 17-21, 21-14, 11-21 loss to China’s Feng Yan Zhe and Du Yue in mixed doubles, while Meghana Jakkampudi and Poorvisha S Ram lost 8-21, 7-21 to...Read more

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