The Indian badmintoncontingent received twin blowsas both Lakshya Sen and Saina Nehwal exited in R16 of theongoing Indian Open Super 750on Thursday.
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Shocking results for the Indian contingent
Lakshya, a Commonwealth Gamesgold-winning medalist, lost to world number 20 Rasmus Gemke of Denmark 21-16, 15-21, 18-21. Meanwhile, Nehwal lost to Olympic champion Chen Yufeiof China 9-21, 12-21.
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Satwiksairaj-Chirag withdraw ahead of second round
In men’s doubles, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty withdrew ahead of their second-round match against China's Yu Chen Liu and Xuan Yi Ou owing to the former's hip injury.