The Indian shuttle Lakshya Sen crashed when opening the Thailand Open.© AFP
The Indian Shuttler Lakshya Sen crashed when the Thailand Open opened, while Akarshi Kashyap and Unnati Hooda progressed after hard victories in the Super 500 tournament here on Wednesday. Sen came across the Nhat Nguyen in Ireland in a battle held three games, losing 18-21 21-9 17-21 in a single male match which lasted an hour and 20 minutes. After abandoning the first match, Sen found its pace in the second, dominating aggressive rallies. However, Nguyen held his nerve in a narrow decender, moving to 17-13 before sealing the victory.
Priyanshu Rajawat also made a release in the first round when he fell 13-21 21-17 16-21 against Alwi Farhan of Indonesia.
In simple feminine, Aakarshi survived an exciting competition against Kaoru Sugiyama in Japan, winning 21-16 20-22 22-20. It was a narrow margins match, the Indian holding his nerve in the final stages of the decision maker.
Unnati also fought until the next round, recording a granular victory 21-14 18-21 23-21 on Thamonwan Nithiittikrai in Thailand.
However, it was the end of the road to Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj, who lost his female opening in simple 18-21 7-21 in the eighth seeded Yeo Jia Min de Singapore.
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