Lakshya Sen was knocked out of the Denmark Open 2025 badminton tournament after losing his men’s singles quarter-final match at the Jyske Bank Arena in Odense on Friday.
Meanwhile, Lakshya’s fellow Indian badminton players Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the semi-finals of the men’s doubles event in Denmark.
Lakshya Sen, 21st in the badminton rankings, lost to world No. 7 Alex Lanier of France 21-9, 21-14 in 44 minutes.
Lakshya Sen, who had stunned world No. 2 Anders Antonsen in the previous round, struggled to recover in both games after falling behind early. He trailed 11-5 and 11-4 at the two mid-game intervals.
Meanwhile, Satwik and Chirag, seeded sixth in the BWF Super 750 tournament, marched into their eighth semi-final of the year with a 21-15, 18-21, 21-16 win over Indonesia’s unseeded pair Muhammad Rian Ardianto-Rahmat Hidayat in 65 minutes.
Satwik and Chirag took the opening game after a close start, pulling away from 17-16 with four straight points.
Though the Indian badminton players mounted a strong comeback in the second game to draw level at 17-all after being 10-4 down, the Indonesians held firm to force a decider.
In the third, Satwik and Chirag quickly regained control after an even start and sustained the momentum to seal victory and a place in the semi-finals.
Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will face Japan’s world No. 10 duo, Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi, on Saturday. The Indian pair have the edge in their head-to-head, leading 4-1 against the Japanese. However, the last meeting between the two pairs happened in 2023.
The Indian duo reached successive finals at the Hong Kong Open and the China Masters last month. They last won a title on the BWF World Tour event at the Thailand Open in 2024.