Lakshya Sen and Kiran George advanced to the second round but HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth made early exits after suffering narrow losses in their respective opening matches at the Indonesia Masters Super 500 Badminton Tournament, 2024 here on Wednesday.
World No. 19 Sen, who is looking to qualify for the Paris Olympics, avenged his Malaysia Open first-round loss to China’s Weng Hong Yang with a 24-22, 21-15 win in his opening round match here.
The 23-year-old George, who had won Super 100 titles at 2022 Odisha Open and 2023 Denmark Masters, bounced back from an opening game reversal to eke out a 18-21, 21-16, 21-19 win over France’s Toma Junior Popov in another opening round match.
George, also a product of Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, had qualified for the main draw after registering twin wins on Tuesday.
Sen will now face either Malaysia Open Champion Anders Antonsen of Denmark or Indonesia’s Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo in the next round, while George will be pitted against China’s Lu Guang Zu.
However, Prannoy, who had reached the semifinals at India Open Super 750 last week, lost to Loh Kean Yew of Singapore 18-21, 21-19, 10-21 in his opening round match.