Indonesia Open | Indian shuttlers have a bad day
The Hindu
Lakshya Sen fought hard before going down to top seed Kento Momota of Japan in the opening round of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 event here on Tuesday.P. Kashyap too lost, bowing out to Loh Kean Yew
Lakshya Sen fought hard before going down to top seed Kento Momota of Japan in the opening round of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 event here on Tuesday.
P. Kashyap too lost, bowing out to Loh Kean Yew of Singapore.
The men’s doubles pair of M.R. Arjun and Dhruv Kapila also exited after a 20-22, 13-21 loss to Korea’s Choi Solgyu and Kim Wonho, while the German pair of Jones Ralfy Jansen and Linda Efler got the better of Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Dewangan 21-12, 21-41 in the mixed doubles.
Unlike most of the Olympic-bound athletes, who opt to train abroad before the big event, boxer Amit Panghal prefers training in home conditions prior to Paris 2024. A former World championships silver medallist and a World No. 1, Panghal won the 51kg quota place in the only chance he got. He wants to follow his own plans to script success in Paris.
The other men’s semifinal Friday is Norway’s Casper Ruud, twice the runner-up in Paris — to Rafael Nadal in 2022 and to Novak Djokovic in 2023 — against Germany’s Alexander Zverev, a finalist at the 2020 U.S. Open, an Olympic gold medalist and into the final four at Roland Garros for the fourth consecutive year.