Kumamoto, Nov. 15 -- Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen faced a defeat in the men's singles semifinal of the Kumamoto Masters Japan 2025 on Saturday, as per Olympics.com. He went down to the local favourite and the world number 13 Kenta Nishimoto after a gruelling three-game match, ending India's campaign at the tournament.

World number 15 Lakshya Sen, who is seeded seventh, lost to sixth seed Nishimoto 21-19, 14-21, 21-12 in a contest that lasted one hour and 17 minutes at the Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium. This marked Sen's third defeat against Nishimoto in six head-to-head encounters.

In the first game, Sen started strongly as he raced to an 8-4 lead before Nishimoto fought back to level at 9-all. The contest remained tight, with the score...