Indonesia Open: Lakshya Sen bows out after loss to Anders Antonsen in quarter-finals, India's challenge ends

Lakshya Sen bowed out of the 2024 Indonesia Open Super 1000 in Jakarta following a defeat to Denmark’s Anders Antonsen in the quarter-finals on Friday. India’s challenge thus ended in the tournament. Sen suffered a 22-24, 18-21 loss to the Denmark shuttler in a match that lasted one hour and one minute.

Antonsen now enjoys a 3-2 head-to-head record against the Indian. It was a see-saw battle between Sen and Antonsen in the first game which the Dane pocketed in 32 minutes.

There was nothing to separate the two shuttlers till the end as both matched each other before Antonsen had the last laugh. Antonsen took an early 4-0 lead but a determined Sen fought hard to equal the scores at 5-5 and then extended it to 15-11.

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But the Dane was not to be left behind as he used his reach and tired out Sen with long rallies to level the scores at 16-16. The two players fought tooth and nail till 22 points before the Indian faltered to hand the first game to his opponent.

The neck-and-neck fight between Sen and Antonsen continued in the second game with both the shuttlers in no mood to give an inch to each other.

Both Sen and Antonsen played their hearts out till 18 points in the second game, not willing to give an upper hand to the other.

But eventually, it was Sen who faltered as he failed to hold his nerves, committing a few unforced errors and Antonsen kept his cool to pocket three straight points and seal the affair in his favour.

Antonsen will play eight seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the semifinals.

With inputs from PTI