<p>Jakarta: India's challenge ended at the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/indonesia-open">Indonesia Open</a> Super 1000 tournament with star shuttler <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lakshya-sen">Lakshya Sen</a> bowing out in the quarterfinals of the men's singles event here on Friday.</p>.P V Sindhu loses to China's Hsu Wen-chi in first round of Indonesia Open.<p>Sen, ranked 14th in the world, fought hard before going down 22-24 18-21 against world no. 5 Anders Antonsen of Denmark in a match that lasted one hour and one minute.</p>.<p>Antonsen now enjoys a 3-2 head-to-head record against the Indian.</p>.<p>It was a see-saw battle between Sen and Antonsen in the first game which the Dane pocketed in 32 minutes.</p>.<p>There was nothing to separate the two shuttlers till the end as both matched each other before Antonsen had the last laugh.</p>.<p>Antonsen took an early 4-0 lead but a determined Sen fought hard to equal the scores at 5-5 and then extended it to 15-11.</p>.<p>But the Dane was not to be left behind as he used his reach and tired out Sen with long rallies to level the scores at 16-16.</p>.<p>The two players fought tooth and nail till 22 points before the Indian faltered to hand the first game to his opponent.</p>.<p>The neck-and-neck fight between Sen and Antonsen continued in the second game with both the shuttlers in no mood to give an inch to each other.</p>.<p>Both Sen and Antonsen played their hearts out till 18 points in the second game, not willing to give an upper hand to the other.</p>.<p>But eventually, it was Sen who faltered as he failed to hold his nerves, committing a few unforced errors and Antonsen kept his cool to pocket three straight points and seal the affair in his favour.</p>.<p>Antonsen will play eight seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the semifinals.</p>
<p>Jakarta: India's challenge ended at the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/indonesia-open">Indonesia Open</a> Super 1000 tournament with star shuttler <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lakshya-sen">Lakshya Sen</a> bowing out in the quarterfinals of the men's singles event here on Friday.</p>.P V Sindhu loses to China's Hsu Wen-chi in first round of Indonesia Open.<p>Sen, ranked 14th in the world, fought hard before going down 22-24 18-21 against world no. 5 Anders Antonsen of Denmark in a match that lasted one hour and one minute.</p>.<p>Antonsen now enjoys a 3-2 head-to-head record against the Indian.</p>.<p>It was a see-saw battle between Sen and Antonsen in the first game which the Dane pocketed in 32 minutes.</p>.<p>There was nothing to separate the two shuttlers till the end as both matched each other before Antonsen had the last laugh.</p>.<p>Antonsen took an early 4-0 lead but a determined Sen fought hard to equal the scores at 5-5 and then extended it to 15-11.</p>.<p>But the Dane was not to be left behind as he used his reach and tired out Sen with long rallies to level the scores at 16-16.</p>.<p>The two players fought tooth and nail till 22 points before the Indian faltered to hand the first game to his opponent.</p>.<p>The neck-and-neck fight between Sen and Antonsen continued in the second game with both the shuttlers in no mood to give an inch to each other.</p>.<p>Both Sen and Antonsen played their hearts out till 18 points in the second game, not willing to give an upper hand to the other.</p>.<p>But eventually, it was Sen who faltered as he failed to hold his nerves, committing a few unforced errors and Antonsen kept his cool to pocket three straight points and seal the affair in his favour.</p>.<p>Antonsen will play eight seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the semifinals.</p>