Indian badminton players Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy suffered shock opening round exits from the India Open 2025 badminton tournament on Wednesday.
Paris 2024 Olympics semi-finalist Lakshya Sen crashed out of the men’s singles event after a 21-15, 21-10 loss against Lin Chun-yi of Chinese Taipei in New Delhi.
Lakshya Sen, 12th in the badminton rankings for men’s singles, lost to world No. 15 Lin Chun-yi in just 37 minutes. Sen was also knocked out of the Malaysia Open last week by another Chinese Taipei shuttler – Chi Yu-jen.
Earlier in the day, World No. 26 HS Prannoy made a positive start in his match but ended up losing 16-21, 21-18, 21-12 to world No. 33 Su Li Yang of Chinese Taipei in the opening round.
Prannoy won the…