Jakarta, June 15
World No. 8 Lakshya Sen crashed out of the Indonesia Open after losing to compatriot HS Prannoy in an all-Indian second-round clash here today.
Sen was comprehensively beaten 21-10 21-9 by Prannoy in a men's singles match that lasted a little over 30 minutes.
Interestingly, this was Prannoy's first-ever win against Sen. The two had faced each other three times before.
World No. 11 Kidambi Srikanth, who was making a comeback after nearly a month, was stunned by 41st-ranked Brice Leverdez of France 21-23 10-21.
In the men's doubles, MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila got the better of the higher-ranked Japanese pair Keiichiro Matsui and Yoshinori Takeuchi 27-25 18-25 21-19.
However, the women's duo of Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam as they lost 9-21 10-21 to China's Zhang Shu Xian and Zheng Yu.