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IMAGE: Commonwealth Games champions Lakshya Sen was outplayed by Hong Kong’s Ng Ka Long Angus in his opening match at the Hylo Open badminton tournament, in Saarbrucken, Germany, on Tuesday. Photograph: Robert Cianflone\/Getty Images <\/span><\/p>\n India’s leading shuttler Lakshya Sen suffered a straight-games defeat at the hands of Ng Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong in the men’s singles and made a first-round exit from the Hylo Open badminton tournament, in Saarbrucken, Germany, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n The 21-year-old Sen, a World Championships bronze winner and Commonwealth Games champion, was thrashed 12-21, 5-21 in just 27 minutes.<\/p>\n It was a poor show by the seventh-seeded Indian as he struggled throughout the match and was outplayed by his opponent.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n In the first game, Sen lost his way after the score ran close till 2-2. Angus left the Indian far behind to easily take the first game.<\/p>\n The second game was even worse for Sen as he allowed Angus to take nine straight points at one stage before pocketing the match comfortably.<\/p>\n In the mixed doubles, the Indian duo of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto lost 13-21, 12-21 to the Chinese pair of Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping in the first round.<\/p>\n Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma, H S Prannoy, Saina Nehwal, Malvika Bansod and the French Open champion duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are among the Indians taking part in the Super 300 tournament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<\/p>\n News From This Website <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"