New Delhi: Indian badminton star Lakshya Sen suffered his 10th first-round exit of the year on Wednesday after losing in the opening round of the BWF Arctic Open 2025. Sen, who is India’s most celebrated men’s badminton player, has been going through a tough phase in the ongoing year going down in his first-round matches.

Paris Olympics semifinalist Sen fell 21-15, 21-17 in a clash which lasted for 57 minutes against world number 11 and fifth seed Kodai Naraoka of Japan. Lakshya struggled from the start, trailing 11-6 at the first-game interval and failing to mount a serious challenge.

The second game became a bit closer at 11-10 but Naraoka shifted gears after the break, limiting Lakshya to seven more points. This marked Sen’s sixth defeat in eight matches against Naraoka. The only sil

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