Jakarta: Star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen entered the men’s singles second round of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 tournament with a straight-game win over Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama here on Tuesday. Sen took just 40 minutes to get the better of Tsuneyama 21-12 21-17 in an opening round clash.
Sen, who sneaked into the Olympic qualification with back-to-back semifinal finishes at French Open
and All England Championships, will next be up against the winner of the match between seventh
seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia and Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto.
The Indian mixed doubles pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy had to battle hard before prevailing 18-21 21-16 21-17 over
the American pair of Vinson Chiu and Jennie Gai in the opening round.
But a herculean task awaits the Indian pair as it will take on the winner of the match between top seeds Si Wei
Zheng and Ya Qiong Huang of China and Indonesian combination of Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Lisa Ayu Kusumawati in the
next round.