Lakshya troubled by back issues, Satwik-Chirag return with solid win & Aakarshi, Unnati nick one set off Chinese top names

India's men's doubles pair Satwik-Chirag went past Malaysian Choong Hon Jian and Haikal Muhammad in straight games. (BWF/Badminton Photo)India's men's doubles pair Satwik-Chirag went past Malaysian Choong Hon Jian and Haikal Muhammad in straight games. A per-sistent lower back issue is making Lakshya Sen's outings at the top level of competition a stop-start affair.

- GNS News Agency, June 3

On Wednesday at the Singapore Open Super 750, India’s top men’s singles shuttler was again forced to end his stay after the troublesome back flared up.Playing the turbo-charged Taiwanese Lin Chun-Yi, Sen did well to take the opener 21-15 and even caught up at 17-17 from 12-15 down in the second. But he needed repeated medical treatment requests and simply couldn't continue leading to yet another Round 1 exit, this time from mid-match retirement. He trailed 21-15,17-21, 13-5 with severely restricted movement.“Lakshya had to retire from his Singapore Open match due to lower back pain and spasm,” father DK Sen told The Indian Express adding it was a recurring problem. “He had similar issues during practice last Saturday. Despite trying his best, he wasn't fully fit. We'll focus on his recovery now,” he added.Meanwhile it was a solid and steady return from back issues for Chirag Shetty — who had wisely