India’s Lakshya Sen continued his impressive run at the Kumamoto Masters Japan Super 500 badminton tournament, storming into the men’s singles semifinals with a straight-game victory on Friday.
The World No. 13 outwitted Japan’s Yushi Tanaka 21-16, 21-15 in a 40-minute quarterfinal encounter to keep India’s hopes alive in the tournament.
Lakshya, who recently won the Hylo Open in Germany, is now one step closer to another title challenge.
The Indian shuttler is also chasing a place in the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals in China and needs to break into the top eight of the BWF World Tour rankings to secure qualification.
Meanwhile, veteran Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the tournament following a quarterfinal defeat.
With Lakshya through to the last four, India’s campaign remains alive in Kumamoto.
