Star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen stormed into the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Indonesian Open tournament with a comfortable victory over Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto.

Sen hardly batted an eyelid while securing a 21-9, 21-15 win over Nishimoto in his pre-quarterfinal match.

However, it was curtains for Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand in the women’s doubles.

The Indian pair went down to Japan’s Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara 21-19, 19-21, 19-21 after an intense Round of 16 match.

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The Indian mixed doubles pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy lost 9-21, 11-21 to China’s Siwei Zheng and Yaqiong Huang, the top seeds.

Later, Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa went down 13-21, 21-19, 13-21 to the pair from South Korea, Ha Na Baek and So-Hee Lee.

In the men’s singles Priyanshu Rajawat will take on Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand, the reigning world champion and the gold medallist in last year’s World Championships.

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