Big showdowns bronze medallist Lakshya Sen proceeded with his rich vein of structure as he advanced to the men’s singles elimination rounds of the German Open Super 300 competition with a straight-game dominate over individual Indian H S Prannoy here on Friday.
The 20-year-old Sen, who had guaranteed his lady Super 500 title at the India Open in January, saw off previous top 10 player Prannoy 21-15 21-16 of every 39 minutes. The world number 14 had crushed Prannoy, right now positioned 24th, at the quarterfinals of India Open too.
Sen will currently confront the victor of the other quarterfinal match between Olympic boss and favorite Viktor Axelsen and India’s Kidambi Srikanth on Saturday. On Thursday, Sen had indented up a shocking 21-7 21-9 win over fourth cultivated Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in a moment round match.
Prannoy made a positive beginning, opening up a 4-0 lead almost immediately yet Sen found him at 10-10 and zoomed ahead after the stretch to take a 1-0 lead in the tie. The subsequent game was a tight issue at first as the pair moved endlessly neck with Sen dealing with a slim 11-10 lead at the break.
Yet, very much like in the primary game, Sen created a five-guide burst toward in the long run seal the challenge easily.
