Lakshya Sen has advanced to the quarter-finals of the men’s singles event by defeating HS Prannoy in straight games at the Paris Games.
Competing at Court 3 of La Chapelle Arena, Lakshya secured a commanding victory over Prannoy with scores of 21-12, 21-6 in just 39 minutes, marking a successful progression to the next stage in his first Games appearance.
Prannoy elimination in the Round of 16 could possibly be his only Olympic showing.
In the quarter-finals, Lakshya will compete against Chou Tien Chen from Chinese Taipei. Having met the 34-year-old veteran on four occasions, Lakshya holds a 1-3 record against him. Their most recent encounter was at the Singapore Open 2023, where Lakshya lost to Chou in a closely contested three-game match.
Satwik-Chirag crash out
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were knocked out in the quarter-finals of men’s doubles badminton at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, August 1.
One of India’s biggest medal hopes, the Satwik-Chirag duo lost to higher-ranked Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh of Malaysia in three games – 21-13, 14-21, 16-21, in an hour and 4 minutes on Court 3 at the La Chappelle Arena in Paris.
