India shuttler HS Prannoy successfully avoided the fate that Lakshya Sen endured and edged past Finland's Joakim Oldorff in the Round of 64 to storm into the next round of the men's singles event at the ongoing BWF World Championships on Tuesday.
India's ace shuttler Lakshya Sen crashed out of the ongoing BWF World Championships 2025 badminton tournament as he lost to top seed Chinese shuttler Shi Yu Qi in the opening round of the competition here on Monday.
Indian shuttler PV Sindhu will lock horns with Bulgaria's Kaloyana Nalbantova, whereas Lakshya Sen will play Shi Yuqi of China in their respective round one matches of the BWF World Championships 2025, which will take place later this month.
India's campaign at the Macau Open 2025 came to an end on Saturday after Lakshya Sen and Tharun Mannepalli suffered defeats in their respective semi-final matches at the Macao East Asian Games Dome, as per Olympics.com.
Tharun's continued his dream run during the BWF Super 300 tournament, beating Hu Zhe'an of China, the current junior world champion in his quarterfinal match at the Macao East Asian Games Dome
Lakshya was battling the world number 48, Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo of Indonesia, and won the match lasting an hour and seven minutes by 21-14, 14-21, 21-17, as per Olympics.com.
Prannoy, who faced a loss to Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien-chen by 21-18, 15-21, 8-21 in the round of 16 at the China Open, lost to Yohanes Saut Marcellyno of Indonesia by 21-18, 15-21, 16-21 in a match that lasted an hour and 11 minutes.
Unnati Hooda delivered a commanding performance to outplay experienced Scottish shuttler Kirsty Gilmour 21-11, 21-16 in just 36 minutes at the China Open 2025, as per Badminton Association of India (BAI).
India's Lakshya Sen struggled against home favourite Li Shi Feng and was defeated in the Round of 32 of the China Open, while HS Prannoy asserted his authority and cruised into the next round on Tuesday.
Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen and the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty crashed out of the ongoing Japan Open 2025 badminton tournament after losing their pre-quarterfinal encounters on Thursday.
As per Olympics.com, Sindhu was playing her first match since June's Indonesia Open, and the 16th-ranked shuttler went down to the world number 14 in two straight games by 21-15, 21-14. This was her first loss to Sim in their four matches.
India's top men's singles and doubles contenders advanced to the Round-of-16 at the Japan Open 2025, with Lakshya Sen and the duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty notching straight-game victories in their opening matches on Wednesday.