India, Nov. 13 -- Lakshya Sen kept India's flag flying at the Kumamoto Masters Japan Super 500 badminton tournament by reaching the semifinals, while veteran shuttler Kidambi Srikanth bowed out after a loss here on Friday.

World No. 13 Lakshya, who needs to break into the top eight of the BWF World Tour rankings to qualify for the season-ending tournament in China, outwitted Japan's Yushi Tanaka 21-16, 21-15 in a 40-minute quarterfinal.

Eighth seed Lakshya, who recently won the Hylo Open, is currently 12th in the BWF World Tour rankings with 64,980 points. He will face sixth seed Alwi Farhan of Indonesia in the semifinals. The Indian has lost both his previous meetings with the world No. 10.

World No. 31 Srikanth, however, once again s...