All England Open: Lakshya Sen cruises into quarters; PV Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag crash out

India's Lakshya Sen recorded a stunning three-game win over world no. 3 Anders Antonsen to progress to the quarterfinals but an error-prone PV Sindhu lost in the women's singles second round of the All England Championships in Birmingham on Thursday.

World No. 1 men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to Indonesia's Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana in straight games 16-21, 15-21 in the Round of 16.

The World No. 18 Sen, who had finished runner-up at the 2022 edition, fought his way back from a 2-8 deficit in the decider after losing the second game to prevail 24-22 11-21 21-14 over Antonsen, a three-time medallist at the World championships, in a controversial second round match.

Earlier Sindhu, a double Olympic medallist, seemed to be in good touch as she fought hard against the world No. 1 An Se Young of Korea but failed to curb her mistakes to slip to a 19-21, 11-21 loss.