India's Lakshya Sen and Parupalli Kashyap bowed out of the men's singles at the Indonesia Open Badminton 2021 in Bali on Tuesday.
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Lakshya Sen went down fighting 23-21, 21-15 to world No. 1 Kento Momota. He is from Japan and lost in a match that lasted 53 minutes in Indonesia Open Badminton.
Kento Momota had also beaten Lakshya Sen. En route the Indonesia Masters title at the same venue last week - his first BWF World Tour crown since his car crash in 2019.
Meanwhile, Parupalli Kashyap - the 2014 Commonwealth Games gold-medallist. And he is the husband of Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal. He lost 21-11, 21-14 to Singapore's Loh Kean Yew.
This was Parupalli Kashyap's sixth-consecutive first-round exit on the 2021 BWF World Tour.
In the men's doubles, MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila were eliminated after losing 22-20, 21-13 to South Koreans Choi SoiGyu and Kim WonHo.
The pair of Venkat Prasad and Juhi Dewangan exited the mixed doubles following a 21-12, 21-4 loss to Germans Jones Ralfy Jensen and Linda Efler.
World champion PV Sindhu, former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth and Tokyo Olympians Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will begin their campaigns on Wednesday.
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