Lakshya Sen’s spectacular run within the Indonesia Masters Tremendous 500 badminton event ended with a quarterfinal loss to Asian Video games champion Jonatan Christie on Friday.
World quantity 12 Sen squandered a gap sport benefit to go down 21-15 10-21 13-21 to residence favorite Christie, ranked third, in a 62-minute males’s singles match.
Coming into the match with a 1-0 head-to-head report, Commonwealth Video games champion Sen confirmed his prowess as he opened up a 8-5 lead and maintained it on the break.
Christie knocked off the three-point deficit after resumption and made it 15-15 earlier than the Indian reeled off six straight factors to pocket the opening sport.
After the change of sides, Sen misplaced his grip on the match as Christie appeared like a special participant, zooming to 11-2 in a jiffy earlier than levelling the match
Christie made a superb begin within the decider, galloping to a 5-1 lead. Sen produced 4 factors on the trot however he was left with an excessive amount of to do.
The Indonesian ensured their was no hiccup as he marched to 11-6 lead and maintained a wholesome distance from his opponent to finally seal the competition with a four-point burst.
Sen had reached the second spherical at India Open final week.