P Kashyap and Lakshya Sen crash out of Indonesia Open Badminton

Bali: Indian shuttlers Parupalli Kashyap and Lakshya Sen bowed out of the ongoing Indonesia Open yesterday. While Kashyap lost 11-21, 14-21 to Singapore's Loh Kean Yew, Kento Momota of Japan defeated Sen 23-21, 21-15.

The men's doubles pair of M.R. Arjun and Dhruv Kapila also were out of the tournament. South Korea's duo of Choi SoI Gyu and Kim Won Ho defeated Arjun and Kapila 22-20, 21-13.

Two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu and former world No.1 Kidambi Srikanth will aim for a winning start today at the Indonesia Open Super-1000 event in Bali, Indonesia. P.V. Sindhu will start her women’s singles campaign against Japan’s Aya Ohori at 6.30 A.M. onwards. The third-seeded Indian is likely to face Canada’s sixth seed Michelle Li



in the quarterfinals, if she can cross the early rounds.

Srikanth will face compatriot HS Prannoy in an all-Indian affair today at 12.30 P.M. onwards. World No.16 B. Sai Praneeth meets France's Toma Junior Popov in the first round. Other Indians in fray are women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy. They will play fifth-seeded Bulgarian duo of Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva from 9.30 A.M. onwards. In mixed doubles, 

Ashwini will pair up with B. Sumeeth Reddy will face Takuro Hoki and Nami Matsuyama at 12.30 P.M. Meanwhile, Indian pair of N. Sikki Reddy and Dhruv Kapila lost to Japanese pair Kyohei Yamashita and Naru Shinoya in straight games 7-21,12-21.