Lakshya Sen shines, gives Chennai Superstarz early advantage
: Young Lakshya Sen dominated Brice Leverdez to post a 15-5, 15-4 win, thereby handing Chennai Superstarz a 3-2 points advantage after three matches in a Premier Badminton League (PBL) tie here on Friday.
Earlier, Peng Soon Chan and Eom Hye Won won the mixed doubles, a trump match for the team to give Raptors a headstart.
The duo beat Chennai's Dhruv Kapilla and Jessica Pugh 15 -7, 15-8 before Tommy Sugiarto quelled a mid-match challenge from B Sai Praneeth 15-13, 10-15, 15-11 to pull one back for the home team.
Sen got off to a quick start and never allowed the French right-hander to get a foothold.
The 2018 Junior Asian Championships gold medallist displayed exceptional temperament and anticipation skills to blow away the 38th ranked Frenchman.
Sai Praneeth and Sugiarto played twice last year on the BWF World Tour with both matches ending in favour of the Indian.
When the match PBL began, it was, however, Sugiarto who made the better start of the two.
The Chennai ace ..