India’s Lakshya Sen advanced to the men’s singles quarterfinals with a straight game win over Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew but Sameer Verma retired midway through his match against Indonesia’s Shesar Hiren Rhustavito at the French Open Super 750 tournament here on Thursday
Lakshya galloped to a 13-7 lead early on but Loh reeled off seven straight points to briefly grab the lead. The Indian, however, didn’t allow his opponent to ran away as he moved to a 17-16 lead and pocketed the game comfortably.
In the second game, Lakshya led 7-4 and even though Loh clawed back at 8-8, the Indian moved to 13-11 soon before shutting the door with five straight points from 16-13.