All
of
the
big
names
of
Indian
badminton,
including
PV
Sindhu,
men’s
singles
defending
champion
Lakshya
Sen,
HS
Prannoy
lost
out
to
inferior-ranked
opponents;
barring
Kidambi
Srikanth,
who
lost
to
Viktor
Axelsen
in
the
opening
round.
India
Open:
Lakshya
Sen
goes
down
to
Rasmus
Gemke
after
intense
battle;
India’s
challenge
ends
in
men’s
single
Saina
was
no
match
for
her
higher-ranked
rival
from
the
word
go
as
the
Chinese
Olympic
champion
was
precise
with
her
side
court
returns.
The
World
No.
31
Indian
only
made
her
rival’s
job
easier
by
making
many
net
errors
as
Yu
Fei
took
the
first
game
21-9.
The
story
changed
a
little
in
the
second
game
as
Yu
Fei
took
the
second
game
2-12
to
close
the
game
in
a
jiffy
and
reach
the
quarter-finals.
No
win
for
Indians
on
Day
3
of
Indian
Open
Sen
in
action
during
India
Open
pre-quarters
in
New
Delhi
on
Thursday.
Image
credit:
PTI
Prior
to
Saina’s
loss,
Sen
lost
on
the
same
court
(2)
to
World
No.
20
Rasmus
Gemke
21-16,
15-21,
18-21
in
the
men’s
single
pre-quarters.
Earlier
in
the
afternoon,
the
title
favourite
men’s
doubles
pair
of
Satwiksairaj
Rankireddy
and
Chirag
Shetty
handed
a
walkover
against
China’s
Liu
Yu
Chen
and
Yi
Xuan
Ou
as
Satwik
suffered
a
groin
injury.
Another
men’s
doubles
duo
of
Krishna
Prasad
Garaga
and
Vishnuvardhan
Goud
lost
in
straight
games
to
China’s
Lian
Wei
Keng
and
Wang
Chang
21-14,
21-10.
Teen
women’s
doubles
duo
of
Treesa
Jolly
and
Gayathri
Gopichand
also
lost
in
the
second
round
to
the
Chinese
pair
of
Zhang
Su
Xian
and
Yu
Zheng
21-9,
21-16.
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