Lakshya Sen defeated French Open champion Kanta Tsuneyama in 3 games that lasted for more than 1 hour. Now, he has to meet Kanta Tsuneyama's Compatriot Kento Momota in the second Round. Really unfortunate
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A contrast fashion by Tsuneyama in two S750 tours, both players have fluctuated fashion throughout the match in many long rallies until one of them ended with smash or disguising drops.
Fajar Alfian/Mohd Rian Ardianto clearly show that they are NOT and WILL NEVER BE INA's MD1, after another agonising defeat against their younger counterpart Mohd Shohibul Fikri/Bagas Maulana 21-13, 18-21, 20-22. This was despite leading 15-12 and then 20-19 in the decider.
The top-seeded Minions Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo have a clear path towards yet another Final appearance, after negotiating a tricky tie today, beating Choi Solgyu/Kim Wonho in straight-sets 21-19, 21-17. They will face Lucas Corvee/Ronan Labar for a place in the QF.
Another good victory for the rising Singaporean Loh Kean Yew as he trounced Wang Tzu Wei in 3-sets. Another Taiwanese (Chou Tien Chen) likely awaits him for a place in the last 8.
Don't see any major stumbling block who could derail Sindhu way into final four. Well, it's rumored earlier that Lee ZJ might skip INA Masters to pay focus into higher level INA Open and World Tour Finals then he conceded to retire here, no surprise.
I mean, I didn't watch the match but trounced? Seems a bit extreme to say WTW was trounced in 3 sets.
Yes, he has been struggling with injuries over the last few years. There are more details in the "LJH/LYC" and "Chinese Badminton" threads
