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New Delhi: Lakshya Sen dominated Ayush Shetty 21-12, 21-15 on way to the second round of India Open Super 750 men's singles on Tuesday
At the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Sen was visibly superior against Shetty, who made his debut in the tournament.
The 2021 World Championships bronze medallist takes on Kenta Nishimoto in the next round after the Japanese' compatriot seventh seed Kodai Naraoka retired while trailing 6-21, 6-7;
“I didn't expect it to be too tricky, but I think it will get better from the second round,” the 24-year-old Lakshya said.
“We thought the hall was big, so the shuttle might travel a little bit slower, but I think it was quick, and also there was a little bit drift or sideways, but I think again, first round it's always we have to adapt to the situations.
“He's a really, really good opponent, and I had to come really prepared for the match. I'm just taking one match at a time, so I'm not thinking, I think, too wide, just focusing on the next match.”
Speaking about the seaso ahead, Sen said: "I think we have big tournaments coming up this year, so I think it will be important to maintain a good ranking but also peak at the right time for the big ones.
“So just I think in the training plan for the year or the tournament plans I think we have made it skipped a few tournaments also to get a good practice so that towards the end when we have big tournaments like Asian games and world championship coming up so we are better prepared for those ones.”
Women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, who won the Syed Modi International in December last year, notched up a 21-15, 21-11 win over Thailand’s Ornnicha Jongsathapornparn and Sukitta Suwachai.
They take on seventh seeds China's Li Yi Jing and Luo Xu Min, who beat USA’s Francesca Corbett and Jennie Gai 21-12, 21-8.
Men’s doubles duo of Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun won 21-15, 21-18 against Malaysia’s Teo Ee Yi and Ong Yew Sin and face fourth seeds Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang of China next.
Ace men's doubles pair third seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty received a walkover from USA’s Chen Zhi Yi and Presley Smith.
Shruti Mishra and Priya Konjengbam lost 21-11, 20-22, 24-22 to Hong Kong’s Lui Lok Lok and Tsang Hiu Yan while in mixed doubles Dhruv Rawat and Maneesha K. went down 9-21, 10-21 to Japan’s Hiroki Midorikawa and Nami Matsuyama.
In singles, men’s fourth seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei and French sixth seed Alex Lanier slumped to shock losses.
