Sen ousts Gemke in China Masters 2024; Sindhu falls short
Lakshya Sen ousts Rasmus Gemke on Thursday in the BWF China Masters 2024, even as fellow Indian shuttler PV Sindhu fell short.
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SEN OUSTS GEMKE IN STRAIGHT SETS
Sen ousts Gemke, 21-16, 21-18.
This extended his head-to-head advantage against the Danish shuttler to 4-1.
Furthermore, India’s world No.17 went to a strong start to take the opening set before holding off Denmark’s world No.30 in the following set to seal the win.
Sen will face the winner of the match between Japanese Takuma Obayashi and third seed Dane Anders Antonsen.
Meanwhile, India’s world No9 men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty defeated Danish world No.15 pair Rasmus Kjaer and Frederik Sogaard, 21-19, 21-15.
Satwiksairaj-Chirag will next face another Danish pair in Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup in the quarterfinals.
SINDHU FALLS SHORT, LOSES TO SINGAPORE’S YEO JIA MIN
Moreover, Sindhu fell short after absorbing a 21-16, 17-21, 23-21 loss to Singaporean Yeo Jia Min.
Furthermore, India’s world No.19 overcame an opening-set loss by taking the middle set.
However, Sindhu blew a 13-9 lead in the third set.
She then =allowed Yeo to comre back before claiming the win after an hour and nine minutes.
The Indian shuttler absorbed her first loss to Yeo in six head-to-head matchups.
Sindhu was hoping to contend for her first title in the BWF World Tour this year.
She last won at the 2022 Singapore Open in July.
MALAYSIAN DOUBLES PAIRS ADVANCE TO LAST EIGHT
Meanwhile, several Malaysian doubles pairs found their luck in Shenzhen.
Furthermore, men’s doubles duo Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik pulled off a 21-13, 21-19 win over compatriots Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub and Tan Wee Kiong.
World No.8 pair Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin posted a 21-17 21-16 victory over Chiu Hsiang Chieh and Wang Chi Lin of Chinese Taipei.
Moreover, women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan and M Thinaah beat Japanese Arisa Igarashi and Ayako Sakuramoto, 21-18, 18-21, 21-13.
Mixed doubles pair Chen Teng Jie and Toh Ee Wei defeated French world No.17 tandem Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue, 14-21, 23-21, 21-8.
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