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Australian Open: Lakshya Sen Overcomes Compatriot Ayush Shetty To Book Semis Spot
Australian Open: Lakshya Sen Overcomes Compatriot Ayush Shetty To Book Semis Spot
World championship bronze-medallist shuttler Lakshya Sen defeated Ayush Shetty in straight games to reach the men's singles semifinals at the Australian Open Super 500 tournament on Friday.
The seventh-seeded Indian, who had previously beaten the 20-year-old Shetty at the same stage in the Hong Kong Open earlier this year, triumphed 23-21, 21-11, setting up a last-four clash against Chinese-Taipei's Chou Tien Chen, the event's second seed.
Chou, ranked No. 9 in the world and a 2018 Asian Games silver medallist, overcame Farhan Alwi 13-21, 23-21, 21-16 in a marathon match lasting 1 hour and 23 minutes.
Alwi had defeated Indian stalwart HS Prannoy in the round of 16.
Sen, 26, who had reached the Hong Kong Open final but has not won a title this year, faced a tough challenge from Shetty in the opening game. The higher-ranked Indian trailed 6-9 before winning four successive points while trailing 9-10, taking the upper hand at 13-10.
However, Shetty, the US Open Super 300 champion earlier this year, fought back, repeatedly taking the lead in a see-saw battle before levelling at 21-all. Sen eventually closed out the opener.
The second game of the 53-minute contest was more one-sided, with Sen taking an early 6-1 lead, which quickly grew to 15-7 as Shetty's challenge faded.
Sen is the only Indian remaining in men's singles after senior pros Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth made early exits on Thursday.
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The top-seeded Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who advanced to the quarterfinals with an easy win against Chinese-Taipei's Su Ching Heng and Wu Guan Xun, will face fifth seeds Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri later in the day, hoping to secure a place in the semifinals.
(With inputs from Agencies)
Source: News18
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Major Mohit Sharma was a highly decorated Indian Army officer who was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration, for his extraordinary gallantry and sacrifice in the Kupwara encounter. New Delhi: Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar has been making headlines ever
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