(MENAFN- Gulf Times) India's Kidambi Srikanth yesterday went through to the quarter-finals of the Denmark Open while Lakshya Sen's campaign came to an end with a defeat to Denmark's Hans-Kristian Vittinghus.
In a hard-fought tie replete with long rallies, Lakshya lost 21-15, 7-21, 17-21. The match lasted for 55 minutes with Lakshya winning the first game after winning six consecutive points from 15-15. Vittinghus, however, raced back into the match by not allowing Lakshya to cross over into double digits in the second game.
Vittinghus remained ahead of Lakshya for much of the closely-fought third game. He pulled away after Lakshya reached 17 points, thus securing the match and a quarterfinal clash against Japanese sixth seed Kenta Nishimoto.
Earlier, Srikanth beat Canada's Jason Anthony Ho-Shue in straight games to enter the quarter-finals. In a match that lasted 33 minutes, Srikanth won 21-15, 21-14. Back in action after seven months, Srikanth had beaten England's Toby Penty 21-12, 21-18 in his opening match on Wednesday.
Talking of his next round against Chou Tien Chen, Kidambi said: 'He's been playing well the last few years. It's definitely a match where I can understand where I'm at. That's the whole idea of playing this tournament. He hits hard, he's someone who has an overall game, he has a hard smash, he knows when to attack and when to defend. He has matured. It's always good when you play a top four player.
Women's singles No.6 seed Beiwen Zhang was in danger of an early exit with Evgeniya Kosetskaya ahead at 18-17 in the third game, but pulled herself ahead, 14-21 21-12 12-18.
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