Sen, who had beforehand clinched a bronze medal on the 2021 version of the Championships, dominated proceedings with scores of 21-11, 21-12 towards the 51st ranked Korean participant.
Having achieved the 11th seed, Lakshya is anticipated to come across the problem of the third-seeded Kunlavut Vitidsarn from Thailand within the subsequent spherical.
With this achievement, the Indian participant avenged his earlier loss to the Korean opponent. Jeon Hyeok Jin had emerged victorious of their sole encounter in the course of the Asia Group Championship in 2022.
Later within the day, World No 9 HS Prannoy produced a masterclass as he tamed Indonesia’s Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 21-9, 21-14 to arrange a conflict with 2021 champion, Loh Kean Yew of Singapore.
Sen was alert and took the initiatives in the course of the rallies, displaying his retrieval expertise, velocity and shot choice to dominate the proceedings.
The Indian lead 5-1 and slowly stored extending the hole towards a struggling Jeon, who lacked the ending punch in the course of the fast-paced rallies.
Sen entered the interval with 11-6 lead and stored issues beneath a agency grip even after resumption to shortly transfer to 18-11 earlier than sealing the primary sport with three straight factors.
Within the second sport, Sen opened up a 4-1 lead earlier than extending it to 10-5 with a whipping forehand return. One other straight soar smash helped the Indian make it 11-5 on the break.
Sen continued to assemble his factors and bought behind the shuttle early to supply clear winners to seize eight match factors and transformed it in his second try.
(With PTI Inputs)
