Kumamoto, Nov. 13 -- India's Lakshya Sen progressed to the semifinals of the BWF Kumamoto Japan Masters Super 500 after registering a comfortable straight-games victory over Japan's Yushi Tanaka in the quarterfinals on Friday.

Lakshya defeated Tanaka 21-16, 21-15 to seal his place in the last four of the tournament.

The Indian shuttler will next face Indonesia's sixth seed Alwi Farhan in the semifinals on Saturday. Lakshya will look to overcome his previous record against Farhan, having lost both their earlier encounters.

Meanwhile, India's Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the tournament after suffering a straight-games defeat against Japan's Koki Watanabe in the quarterfinals.

Srikanth went down 22-24, 15-21 in a closely contested openi...