Denmark Open 2020: Kidambi Srikanth moves into quarter finals, Lakshya Sen crash out

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It was a mixed day for Indian shuttlers as Kidambi Srikanth moved into the quarterfinals of the Super 750 Denmark Open played at Odense on Thursday.

Kidambi Srikanth progressed into the quarterfinals with a convincing win over Anthony Ho-shue of Canada in two straight sets. It was a dominating performance by the Indian who showed his class and never allowed his opponent to comeback into the game.

The first game saw Srikanth play with aggression and put the Canadian player under pressure with his smashes. At the interval, the Indian led 11-8. After the break, the Indian continued his domination and looked in complete control winning the set at 21-15.

In the second game, Anthony had a much better start with good smashes and drop shots as Srikanth committed few mistakes. The Canadian took an 8-5 lead before the Indian showed his class to win six successive points to take an 11-8 lead at the interval. After the break, Srikanth made light work of his opposition and won the second set easily with 21-14. The Indian took six successive points in the match as compared to three by Anthony. He will face Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei tomorrow.

Lakshaya Sen went down fighting to Hans Krisitan Solberg Vittinghus of Denmark in three grueling sets 21-15, 7-21, 18-21 to be knocked out of the tournament. Sen did not begin well committing a lot of errors. He came back strongly with great smashes and drop shots to put the Danish player under pressure. Sen showed his class to win the first set easily at 21-15.

Vittinghus proved to be strong for the young Indian and looked in complete control right from word go. The Danish player won the second set easily at 21-7 to force the match into the decider.

The third and final game a see-saw battle with the Danish player leading with a comfortable margin. At the interval, the Hans led 11-9. After the interval, it was an entertaining battle as both players fought for each point. Despite Sen efforts, Viitinghus held his nerves to win the deciding game at 21-18 to move into the quarterfinals.



 






Kidambi Srikanth moves into the quarterfinals of Denmark Open 2020 

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