Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy were eliminated from the Badminton Asia Championships 2025 on Wednesday, as ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu easily advanced to the second round.

In a 44-minute match, Sindhu, ranked 17th in the women’s singles badminton rankings, easily defeated Indonesia’s Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo, ranked 36th in the world, 21-15, 21-19, according to Olympics.com.

Lakshya Sen, a semifinalist in Paris 2024, lost against Chinese Taipei’s world No. 14 Lee Chia-hao in consecutive games and was eliminated in the first round.

The first game was a fierce contest. Before the Chinese Taipei shuttler won the first set with three straight points, Lakshya Sen and Lee Chia-hao faced off, with the score at one point standing at 18-18.

In the rather more unbalanced second game, Lakshya Sen lost 21-18, 21-10 as he was unable to keep up with Lee Chia-hao. In as many games, this was Lakshya’s second loss against Lee Chia-hao.

Despite their best efforts, HS Prannoy lost to Lu Guangzu of China in the other men’s singles bouts.

The gold champion from the Commonwealth Games, HS Prannoy, lost 21-16, 12-21, 21-11, his fourth first-round loss in six competitions this year.

In contrast, Kiran George defeated Dmitriy Panarin of Kazakhstan 21-16, 21-8 to advance to the second round of the Badminton Asia Championships.

Following a 20-22, 21-12, 21-10 comeback victory against Kantaphon Wangcharoen of Thailand, Priyanshu Rajawat also progressed.

In a 31-minute encounter, China’s Han Yue, ranked third in the women’s singles badminton rankings, defeated world No. 49 Aakarshi Kashyap 21-13, 21-7.

Additionally, former world champion Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand defeated Anupama Upadhyaya 21-13, 21-14.

World No. 15 Gao Fang Jie defeated Malvika Bansod, who is ranked 22nd in the women’s singles rankings. The silver medallist from the Asian Games defeated Bansod 21-14, 21-8.

Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi defeated Madhuka Dulanjana and Lahiru Weerasinghe of Sri Lanka 21-3, 21-12, to advance to the next round of the Badminton Asia Championships in the men’s doubles.

However, after losing to Chiu Hsiang-chieh and Wang Chi-lin of Chinese Taipei 21-19, 21-12, Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek K were eliminated in the first round.

In other news, Chinese Taipei’s Sung Shuo-yun and Yu Chien-Hui defeated Priya Konjengbam and Shruti Mishra 21-11, 21-13, ending India’s bid in the women’s doubles division.