All posts tagged: Lakshya Sen Vs Kenta Nishimoto

India Open badminton: Lakshya Sen, the solitary Indian winner; after this crucial technical switch mid-match | Badminton News

India Open badminton: Lakshya Sen, the solitary Indian winner; after this crucial technical switch mid-match | Badminton News

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Lakshya Sen took his time to get over the missed bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. But since the second half of 2025, there is a spring in his step. The results have still been up and down, but the performances have picked up. On Thursday, after his second-round win at the India Open Super 750, when asked if he is in a better space than he has been in recent times, he responded with a big smile. “I think everyone agrees to that. Yeah, I’m in a much better space. Definitely, in terms of my game. And I’m enjoying badminton much more, I guess.” Is he doing anything off court that is helping him relax? “I am not going to tell you that,” he added with a chuckle. A lighter, freer Lakshya took time to get going against world No 13 Kenta Nishimoto but a tactical tweak halfway through the opening game turned it around for him as he beat the Japanese 21-19, 21-10 in 50 minutes. On an otherwise bleak day for home …

How Lakshya Sen gauged chilly conditions in stadium and calibrated his game to demolish Ayush Shetty | Badminton News

How Lakshya Sen gauged chilly conditions in stadium and calibrated his game to demolish Ayush Shetty | Badminton News

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At the halfway stage of the second game, the exchanges between Lakshya Sen and Ayush Shetty felt like a battle of equals. Lakshya was nailing his net game and round-the-head crosscourt smashes, Ayush was using his big reach to extend rallies and pulled out his towering smashes too. It didn’t quite pan out to be the blockbuster that was anticipated as Lakshya’s level was much higher and more consistent for the remaining match. The Paris Olympics semifinalist continued his winning streak against the rising star of Indian badminton, prevailing 21-12 21-15 in 36 minutes in the opening round of the India Open Super 750. “On his day, he feels invincible, I would say,” Ayush said after the match. It is a statement that sums up the good and bad of Lakshya. When he is playing the way he did against Ayush on Tuesday, he is a joy to watch and a nightmare to play against. But it also needs to be his day, and those can come and go. “He has a very good defence. …

India Open Super 750: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty get walkover; PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth in action tomorrow | Badminton News

India Open Super 750: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty get walkover; PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth in action tomorrow | Badminton News

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World number three men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty got an walkover in the first round of the India Open Super 750 tournament on Tuesday. The duo was supposed to face world number 31 Presley Smith and Chen Zi Yi. The walkover would mean that the Indian duo gets an extra rest day and will be in action on Thursday where they will face Chia Weije-Lwi Sheng Hao of Malaysia or Hiroki Midorikawa- Kyohei Yamashita of Japan who will be playing tomorrow. The third-seeded duo won the India Open in 2022 which was played behind the closed doors and most recently reached the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Open Super 1000 event last week. Another Indian men’s doubles pair of Arjun MR and Hariharan Amsakarunan upset higher ranked Malaysian pair of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi in straight games 21-15, 21-18. Sindhu, Prannoy in action Tomorrow will be a busy day for Indian contingent as the shuttlers will be involved in 12 games. Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will start her campaign …

Lakshya Sen bows down to Kenta Nishimoto in semis

Lakshya Sen bows down to Kenta Nishimoto in semis

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Indian ace Lakshya Sen exited from the semifinals of the 2025 Kumamoto Masters Super500 tournament in Kumamoto City, Japan, on Saturday. He lost to the home favourite Kenta Nishimoto in a tiring 77-minute three-game encounter, 19-21, 21-14, 12-21, and failed to reach his second final of the year. This was Sen’s second consecutive defeat against Nishimoto after the Indonesia Open prequarterfinal, taking their head-to-head record now levelling at 3-3. This result might also end Sen’s chase for a spot in this year’s World Tour Finals, where he is currently sitting in 13th place on the Tour Rankings. He has only competition left this year before the World Tour Finals, at the Australian Open, but he is still trailing by a big margin for the top-8 available spots. In the semis today, Sen had a very good start in the opening game, but Nishimoto put some pressure on him, and he fell short in a tightly poised first game, 19-21. Similarly, Nishimoto had a good start in the second game, but this time he wasn’t able …