Hong Kong, Sept. 13 -- Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen and the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty produced commanding performances today to book their places in the finals of the Hong Kong Open 2025 badminton tournament. Both matches ended in straight games, marking an important breakthrough for the trio on the BWF World Tour this season.
Lakshya, ranked 20th in the world, shocked third seed and former world No. 2 Chou Tien-chen of Chinese Taipei with a 23-21, 22-20 win in the men's singles semifinals at the Hong Kong Coliseum.
The 23-year-old Indian raced to a 3-0 lead in the opening game and maintained an 11-7 advantage at the mid-game interval. Chou, however, clawed his way back, saving two game points before ...