Lakshya Sen Storms into Indonesia Open Second Round with Straight-Game Win

Indian badminton star Lakshya Sen made a strong start to the Indonesia Open Super 1000 tournament, securing a straight-game victory over Japan's Kanta Tsuneyama in the men's singles first round. Sen dominated the match, taking just 40 minutes to dispatch Tsuneyama 21-12, 21-17.

Sen's victory sets up a second-round clash with either seventh seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia or Japan's Kenta Nishimoto. The Indian shuttler has been in impressive form recently, reaching the semifinals of both the French Open and All England Championships, which earned him a spot in the Olympic qualification.

However, it was a disappointing day for Kiran George in the men's singles event. Despite putting up a valiant fight, George fell to Hong Yang Weng of China in a thrilling three-game battle, losing 21-11, 10-21, 20-22.

In the mixed doubles, the Indian pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy overcame a tough challenge from the American duo of Vinson Chiu and Jennie Gai, winning 18-21, 21-16, 21-17. They will now face a formidable task in the next round, taking on either top seeds Si Wei Zheng and Ya Qiong Huang of China or the Indonesian combination of Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Lisa Ayu Kusumawati.

Later in the day, the Indian women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will face Yu-Pei Cheng and Yu Hsing Sun of Chinese Taipei, while former world no.1 HS Prannoy will take on Priyanshu Rajawat in an all-Indian men's singles opening round contest.

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