Ace Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu suffered a straight-game defeat to crash out in the quarterfinals, but Lakshya Sen marched into the last-four stage of the U.S. Open Super 300 badminton tournament here.
Sindhu, ranked 12th in the world and seeded third here, was stunned 20-22 13-21 by 24-year-old Gao Fang Jie of China in women singles, while Lakshya defeated S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian 21-10 21-17 in an all-Indian men's singles match on Friday, July 14 night.
Lakshya will face second seed Li Shi Feng of China in the semifinals. The Indian enjoys a 5-3 win-loss ratio against Feng.
