China Open 2025 Day 1: HS Prannoy Enter 2nd Round, Lakshya Sen Crash Out

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It was a mixed day for Indian shuttlers as HS Prannoy entered made it into the second of the Super 1000 China Open played at Changzhou on 22nd July 2025.

HS Prannoy made a stunning comeback to beat 18th ranked Koki Watanabe of Japan in three thrilling games. The first game saw Watanabe dominating with lovely smashes and not allowing any chances for Prannoy making a comeback winning it easily by 21-8.

The second game was a closely fought affair right from word go before Prannoy made a strong comeback to take 11-9 lead at the break. After the break, Prannoy showed his class winning by 21-16 and match going into decider.

Watanabe made a strong start to the third set putting enough pressure on the Indian. The Japanese kept hitting smashes and looked in complete control with a 11-2 lead at the break. After the interval, Prannoy made a stunning comeback to take points in succession. It was a sensational fightback as star Indian shuttler saved 5 match points to level the scores at 20-20. Prannoy showed courage to take the third game at 23-21 and move into second round. He will face Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.

Lakshya Sen went down fighting to Li Shifeng of China in three games. Sen began the first game on a positive note before Li made a strong comeback. Both players looked sharp with their smashes. Sen had 11-9 lead at the mid-game break. After the break, it was one-way traffic as Lakshya won with a scoreline of 21-14.

The second game saw Li putting enough pressure on Sen with his smashes and continuing dominating. At the break, Li had a 11-5 lead. From 10-16 down, Lakshya Sen made a stunning comeback to level the scores. It ebbed and flowed before Li took the second game in thrilling contest by 24-22.

Li Shifeng looked dominating right from the word go in third game. He kept hitting smashes and kept Lakshya Sen under pressure. The Chinese maintained and won the third set by 21-11.

The mixed doubles of Rohan Kapoor/Shivani Kapoor went down to Wong TC and Lim CS of Malaysia in three games. The first game was a closely fought affair before Rohan and Shivani held onto their nerves to win it by 27-25.

The initial stages of the second game was close fought affair before Wong TC and Lim CS dominated Indian pairing to win it by 21-16. Malaysian pair showed their class in third set winning with 21-14 scoreline.

Anupama Upadhyaya suffered loss to Lin C-t of Chinese Taipei in three games. The first game was closely fought affair before Anupama won it by 23-21. Lin showed her class to win next two games easily by 21-11, 21-10 

PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda and men’s doubles pair of Satwik/Chirag Shetty will start their campaign tomorrow.

China Open 2025 Indian shuttlers results on day 1.

1.      HS Prannoy defeated Koki Watanabe (Men’s Singles)- 8-21, 21-16, 23-21

2.      Lakshya Sen lost to Li Shifeng (Men’s Singles)- 21-14, 22-24, 11-21

3.      Rohan Kapoor/Shivani Gadde lost to Wong TC and Lim CS (Mixed Doubles)- 27-25, 16-21, 14-21

Anupama Upadhyaya lost to Lin C-t (Women's Singles)- 23-21, 11-21, 10-21.  

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HS Prannoy enter second round of Super 1000 China Open 2025. 






 

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