Lakshya Sen avenged his Olympic loss against Lee Zii Jia by beating the Malaysian 21-14, 13-21, 21-13 in the first round of the China Masters in Shenzhen on Wednesday. PV Sindhu, Malvika Bansod, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty and Treesa Jolly, Gayatri Gopichand have also advanced to the second round.
While Sindhu beat Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand 21-17, 21-19, Malvika defeated Line Hojmakr Kjaersfeldt of Denmark 20-23, 23-21, 21-16. Satwik-Chirag downed Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-Hsuan of Chinese Taipei 12-21, 21-19, 21-18.
Treesa-Gayatri pair eased past Chinese Taipei combo Hu Ling Fang and Jhen Yu Chieh 21-16, 21-14 to improve their chances of qualifying for the next month's year-end BWF Tour Finals.
Despite beating Lee on Wednesday, Lakshya admitted that the Olympic loss will still rankle him. In the bronze-medal match at the Olympics, Lakshya won the first game and was leading 8-3 in the second before he lost the momentum.
"It still hurts a bit. I feel it's still going to hurt for some time," Lakshya said after his win, adding that he got a lot of positives from the Olympics.
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