Thailand Open: Sen stunned in Rd 1, Treesa-Gayatri advance

Lakshya Sen

India's ace shuttler Lakshya Sen crashed out in the opening round of the Thailand Open, while the women's duo Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand advanced to the second round of the Super 500 tournament here on Wednesday.

Sen fell to Ireland's Nhat Nguyen in a tense three-game battle, losing 18-21, 21-9, 17-21.

Also Read: Superbet Classic: Pragg holds joint lead, Gukesh loses again

After dropping the first game, the Indian found his rhythm in the second, dominating with aggressive rallies. However, Nguyen held his nerve in the decider, edging ahead at 17-13 before sealing the win.

Meanwhile, the World No.10 ranked women's duo of Jolly and Gopichand made a positive start to their campaign, progressing with a 21-15, 21-13 win over the Malaysian pair of Ong Xin Yee and Carmen Ting.

In the women's singles, Unnati Hooda fought her way through to the next round, registering a gritty 21-14, 18-21, 23-21 victory over Thailand's Thamonwan Nithiittikrai.

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever