Canada Open 2023: Lakshya Sen eases into quarterfinal; PV Sindhu receives walkover

The Indian shuttler Sen notched up a 21-15, 21-11 win over the Brazilian shuttler in the second round match that lasted for 31 minutes. Sen, who is a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, will next face Belgium’s Julien Carraggi in the last 8 on Friday (July 7).

Sen has been slowly regaining his touch after going through a lean patch early in the season. Sen faced a tough battle against Coelho, who erased a 0-2 deficit with a four-point burst and then kept it tight.

The duo moved neck and neck till 13-13 when Sen managed to march ahead and sealed the contest after jumping to 20-15 with a five-point burst. In the second game, Sen hardly had any issues as he galloped to 12-2 and took giant strides to comfortably seal the match.

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Meanwhile, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu advanced to the last eight stage after her opponent Natsuki Nidaira of Japan gave a her a walkover in BWF Tour Super 500 tournament.

Sindhu, who breezed to the second round, will next face 2022 Indonesia Masters champion Gao Fang Jie, who had played an important role in China’s win at the Asia Mixed Team Championships this year.

While Sen and Sindhu kept India’s challenge alive in Calgary, Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala couldn’t cross the pre-quarterfinal stage, going down 9-21, 11-21 to Indonesian second seed and world number 7 Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.

Earlier on Wednesday (July 6), former champion B Sai Praneeth lost via straight games 12-21 17-21 to Coelho. Ruthvika Shivani Gadde also exited in the first round, losing 12-21 3-21 against Supanida Katethong of Thailand in the women’s singles event.