German Open: Lakshya Sen crashes out in first round

Mulheim [Germany], March 8 (ANI): Commonwealth Games gold medalist Lakshya Sen crashed out in the first round of men's singles competition at the ongoing German Open being held in Mulheim on Wednesday.

He registered a loss to France's Christo Popov in two straight games, as per Olympics.com.

Popov, world number 41, pulled off an upset by downing Lakshya, a world number 12 shuttler, by 21-19, 21-16 in their round of 32 mat