Ho Chi Minh City: Asian junior champion Lakshya Sen pulled out Monday of the USD 75,000 Vietnam Open BWF Tour Super 100 tournament after failing to recover from shin splint injuries.
“Lakshya has pulled out as he still has pain from the shin splint injuries. He is getting it in both legs so after coming back from Asian Junior, he was feeling pain during the practice,” Lakshya’s mentor and former national coach Vimal Kumar told this agency.
“We consulted his physio Heath Matthews and then decided to send the two to Mumbai. An MRI will be done to see how to go about it,” he added.
In Lakshya’s absence, senior shuttler Ajay Jayaram, who finished runners-up at the White Nights International Challenge in the United States, will carry India’s hopes and he will begin his campaign against local player Le Duc Phat.
Among others participating in the event are Mithun Manjunath, Abhishek Yeligar, Shreyansh Jaiswal and Rahul Yadav Chittaboina.
In women’s singles, Ruthvika Shivani Gadde, who won a gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games, will lead India’s charge and will face Malaysia’s Yin Fun Lim in the first round.