Indonesia Open 2024: Lakshya Sen storms into the men’s singles quarterfinals

India's star badminton player Lakshya Sen reached the men's singles quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open 2024 BWF Super 1000 tournament by defeating Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in Jakarta on Thursday.

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Sen defeated Nishimoto 21-9, 21-15 in the Indonesia Open 2024 pre-quarterfinals.

Treesa-Gayatri's journey ended

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, however, were eliminated from the Indonesia Open 2024 after losing in the women's doubles. They had to face defeat 21-19, 19-21, 19-21 at the hands of Japan's Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara.

Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa bowed out from the Indonesia Open 2024 tournament after a hard-fought battle against South Korea's Ha Na Baek and So-Hee Lee. In mixed doubles, B Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy also lost to top seeds Siwei Zheng and Yaqiong Huang of China.

PV Sindhu suffered an early exit

Earlier, PV Sindhu suffered an early exit in the Indonesia Open 2024 after losing to Hsu Wen-chi from Chinese Taipei in the opening round. This unexpected loss marked Sindhu's first-ever defeat to Wen-chi

It was a disappointing outcome for Sindhu, who had previously exited the Indonesia Open in the Second Round last year. This proves to be a significant setback to her preparations for Paris Olympics 2024, where she aims to secure her third Olympic medal.

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In the men's singles, Priyansh Rajawat will take on Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand, the reigning world champion and the gold medallist in last year's World Championships.

A total of 64 singles players and 96 doubles teams from across the globe, including as many as 6 singles players and 4 doubles pairs from India are competing at the BWF World Tour Super 1000 event.