Sindhu “The Fading Star” played in 13 tournaments this year, losing in the Japan Open in just 32 minutes after seven first-round exits

PV Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medalist, is still struggling. After losing on Wednesday in the first round of the Japan Open, the seasoned Indian shuttler was eliminated

. Lakshya Sen, a young player, advanced to the third round of this Super 750 competition. The team of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who won the Korea Open the previous week, also advanced to the second round at the same time. Today’s third round of competition will feature them.

Sindhu lost two games in a row.

Sindhu was defeated in straight games by China’s Zheng Yi Min, 21-12, 21-13. Sindhu was defeated in 32 minutes. She had come to compete in the 13th BWF World Tour event of the year. This is the seventh tournament of the year in which she has failed to advance past the first round.

This was Sindhu and Zheng’s fifth meeting, and Zheng won for the third time. Sindhu, the 2019 world champion, has had a difficult year. She made a comeback after recovering from an injury, but she has struggled with poor form. She has dropped to 17th in the world rankings.

Lakshya progressed to the next round.

Lakshya Sen has advanced to the quarterfinals in men’s singles. In the 16th round, he defeated Kenta Tsuneyama of Japan 21-14, 21-16. He defeated fellow countryman Priyanshu Rajawat in the opening round 21-15, 12-21, and 24-22. Lakshya withdrew from the Korea Open after winning the Canada Open. Then he returned from this competition. It took 65 minutes to score.

On Thursday itself, HS Prannoy will play Kidambi Srikanth in the men’s singles.

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Chirag and Satwik won their eleventh straight game.

Leo Rawley Kernendo and Daniel Marthin of Indonesia were defeated by Satwik and Chirag in three games. Indian team prevailed 21-16, 11-21, 21-13. In 56 minutes, he had won. Satwik-Chirag has now triumphed eleven times in a row. The Indian team will now compete against Jeppe Bay and Lasse Molhed of Denmark.

Trisha and Gayatri pair up after a defeat

On Thursday, the Japanese team defeated Gayatri Gopichand and Trisha Joly in the women’s doubles match. With scores of 23-21, 21-19, N Matsuyama and C Shida defeated both opponents. India’s Malvika Bansod and Mithun Manjunath were eliminated before them after dropping their respective matches.