India's Lakshya Sen stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships with a straight-games win on Wednesday after the men's doubles pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila caused an upset against the world number 8 Danish duo of Kim Astrup and Anders Rasmussen in the round of 32.
Meanwhile, Ashwini Ponnappa/N Sikki Reddy and Pooja Dandu/Sanajan Santosh and Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand Pullela lost their respective women's doubles matches in the round of 32.
The India No 1 Sen won his round of 32 contest 21-17, 21-10 against Spain's Luís Enrique Peñalver. The Spaniard gave a tough fight in the first game but Sen successfully warded off the challenge before securing a dominant win in the second game.
SENsational run continues 🔥⚔️@lakshya_sen enters the Round of 16 with a convincing win over 🇪🇸 #LuisPenalver at the #BWFWorldChampionships2022 😍
Scoreline: 21-17, 21-10 💥#PBLIndia #BWFWorldChampionships #Tokyo2022 #Badminton pic.twitter.com/OvJFMdCtyN
— Premier Badminton League (@PBLIndiaLive) August 24, 2022
Sen will next play the winner between the HS Prannoy and Kento Momota match that will take place later today.
Earlier, Arjun and Dhruv advanced to the round of 16 with a 21-17, 21-16 win over 2021 bronze medallists and eight seed Astrup and Rasmussen. The Indian pair's victory over the higher-ranked Danish duo was a result of some tight defending and smart badminton as they kept calm under pressure to secure their first win over a top 10 team.
UPSET ALERT
MD duo @arjunmr & @dhruvkapilaa kept their calm & wall-like defence intact to beat the WR-8 Danish pair in straight games in R32 clash of the #BWFWorldChampionships2022
Well done boys! #BWFWorldChampionships#Tokyo2022#IndiaontheRise#Badminton pic.twitter.com/2VTEgsPJ7B
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 24, 2022
#Arjun/#Dhruv get a great win over World No. 8️⃣! @arjunmr & @dhruvkapilaa matched the pace of the no.8️⃣ seeds #Astrup/#Rasmussen with dominant aggression & some good skill play to win 21-17, 21-16 & qualify for the Pre-Qfs at #BWF World C'ship! #Tokyo2022 #Badminton pic.twitter.com/O6SbUsVVgT
— Trupti Murgunde (@TMurgunde) August 24, 2022
They will next face Hee Yong Kai Terry and Loh Kean Hean of Singapore.
Elsewhere, Ashwini-Sikki suffered a 15-21, 10-21 loss to China's Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan, Pooja-Sanjana lost 15-21, 7-21 to South Korea's Shin Seung-chan and Lee So Hee and Treesa-Gayatri went down 8-21, 17-21 against Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan of Malaysia.
Also, in action on Wednesday in the round of 32 matches from India will be Kidami Srikanth and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty.
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