Defending champion Lakshya Sen suffered a heartbreaking exit from the India Open 2023 badminton tournament on Thursday after losing to Denmark’s Gemke Rasmus in the Round of 16 in New Delhi.
Lakshya started off the match on a winning note, taking the first game 21-16 against the world No. 20 but then lost the next two 15-21, 18-21 to crash out in one hour and 20 minutes.
Lakshya fought back twice from huge deficits (1-8, 8-14) and played some sensational points in gruelling rallies, but some untimely errors eventually cost him the match.
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This was Lakshya’s first defeat against Rasmus in three meetings and with this, India’s men’s singles campaign at the BWF tournament also came to an end.
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