Lakshya Sen and the men's doubles pair Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty got India off to a flier but India failed to capitalise on it as they let the hosts China script a comeback and take the tie 3-2.
Indian badminton player Anupama Upadhyaya who is part of the Badminton team contingent for the Hangzhou Asian Games, said on Saturday that she admires India's star player Lakshya Sen as he encouraged her to play international level.
Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya, seeded eighth in men’s singles, was India's biggest bet at the Hong Kong Open 2023, which is being held at Hong Kong Coliseum in Kowloon. Other top Indian badminton players like PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth skipped the Hong Kong meet
Indian shuttler HS Prannoy cruised into the quarterfinals while Lakshya Sen bowed out of the ongoing Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships at the Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
Indian shuttler HS Prannoy defeated Indonesian player Chico Aura DWI Wardoyo to move into the next round of the BWF World Championships in 2023 on Tuesday at Copenhagen in Denmark.
Sindhu suffered a shocking defeat from the World ranked 36 Nozomi Okuhara in a straight game 14-21, 14-21 as she continued her disappointing run in this year's season.