Kumamoto: India’s Lakshya Sen stormed into the semifinals of the BWF Kumamoto Japan Masters after defeating Japan’s Yushi Tanaka in straight games in the quarterfinals.
Sen registered a 21-16, 21-15 victory to book his place in the last four. He will next face Indonesia’s sixth seed Alwi Farhan on Saturday. The Indian shuttler will be keen to overcome Farhan after losing both their previous encounters.
However, it was the end of the road for Kidambi Srikanth, who suffered a straight-games defeat against Japan’s Koki Watanabe.
Srikanth went down 22-24, 15-21 in the quarterfinals. After edging out a closely fought opening game, Watanabe dominated the second to seal his semifinal berth.
