Suncheon (South Korea): India's Lakshya Sen came from a game down to beat local boy Choi Ji Hoon 14-21, 21-16, 21-18 in the first round of the men's singles match of the Korea Open Badminton Championship that lasted for one hour and two minutes played here at Palma Stadium. The World No. 9 Indian survived a scare losing the first game 14-21 to World No. 498.
Both the players were tied at 14-14 and from there on the Korean shuttler took the game away from India's Sen winning seven consecutive points In the second game, the World Championship medallist shuttler made a comeback to win it 21-16 and make it one game apiece. Both the players were tied at 6-6 and from thereon Lakshya Sen won four consecutive points to take the lead and ultimately went on to win the game.