Lakshya Sen of India competes in the Men’s Singles First Round match against Su Li Yang of Chinese Taipei on day one of the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships at Utilita Arena Birmingham on March 11, 2025, in Birmingham, England.
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Star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen progressed to the quarterfinals with a straight-game win over Singapore’s Jia Heng Jason Teh, but it was curtains for HS Prannoy in the men’s singles competition of Kumamoto Masters Japan in Kumamoto on Thursday (November 13, 2025).
A 2021 World Championship bronze winner, Sen, seeded seventh here, prevailed over world No. 20 Teh 21-13 21-11 in another 39-minute contest.
The world No.15 Sen will clash with former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the quarterfinals.
However, later in the day, Prannoy, 33, went down 18-21, 15-21 to Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke in a 46-minute second-round match.
Lakshya opened up an 8-5 lead early in the opening game. Teh managed to briefly take a slender 10-9 lead before the Indian had his nose ahead at the break.
The duo fought hard till 14-13 when Lakshya zoomed ahead with seven straight points.
After the change of ends, it was a more dominating show from the Indian as he jumped to 5-0 and then 11-3 at the interval to quash his rival’s hopes. Lakshya stayed steady to close out the match comfortably.
Published – November 14, 2025 02:05 am IST
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