French Open 2023: Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth endure disappointing first-round exits

India’s ace shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen bowed out of the French Open Tremendous 750 match after dropping their respective males’s singles fits Rennes on Wednesday. The primary to take to the court docket on the Glaz Enviornment was once Srikanth, who was once proven the door by means of Toma Junior Popov of France. Srikanth misplaced the around of 32 fit 17-21 15-21 in 44 mins.

It was once a very easy victory for the arena quantity 25 French participant as he punished the twenty second ranked Srikanth for his error-prone appearing. Heading into this fit, Srikanth had a 3-1 benefit over his opponent in head-to-head.

Quickly after, it was once Lakshya’s flip to endure as he went down 15-21 18-21 to Arnaud Merkle, who may be from France and had misplaced to the Indian of their remaining assembly long ago in 2016 after they had been competing in juniors.

On the other hand, this was once their first assembly at the BWF Global Excursion.

Lakshya misplaced his fit in 55 mins after showing to level a comeback of types in the second one sport when he led the Frenchman for a excellent section.

It grew to become out to be a forgettable day for the Indian squad as each their established stars went down in instantly video games.

The 2 badminton stars had been coming right here after struggling early exits in remaining week’s Denmark Open.

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Oct 25, 2023