HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen stormed into the second round after winning the first round of the All England Open Badminton Championship. HS Prannoy defeated Wang Tzu-wei of Taiwan. In this match played on Tuesday, the Indian shuttler made it to the second round by winning two consecutive games 21-19 and 22-20. There was an equal fight between the two.

In the end, both the players were tied at 19-19, after which Prannoy won the game by a margin of 22-20. At the same time, Lakshya Sen also broke his hopes of reaching the next round by defeating Chou Tien-Chen of Taiwan. Sen won the match 21-18, 21-19.

Lakshya Sen has been the finalist of the previous season. Indian shuttler PV Sindhu’s first match will be against China’s shuttler Zhang on Wednesday. Saina Nehwal withdrew her name before the match. However, he has not given any reason for his decision.

1st game 21-19 2nd game 22-20