Lakshya Sen, regardless of placing up a courageous effort, misplaced his Round of 32 match in opposition to world no. 5 Kodai Naraoka in straight video games.

Lakshya misplaced 17-21, 10-21 in 45 minutes.

He is the second Indian males’s singles participant to bow out of Japan Masters within the first spherical. Earlier, Priyanshu Rajawat misplaced within the first spherical.

On Tuesday, males’s doubles duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty misplaced their match within the first spherical too. 

HS Prannoy is the one Indian left within the fray on the occasion. He will play his Round of 32 conflict in opposition to Lee Cheuk Yiu of Honk Kong shortly.