In the German Open 2022 men's singles final in Mulheim on Sunday, Lakshya Sen lost to Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn. Having won the India Open Super 500 title in January Sen was in pursuit of his second BWF title of the year, but lost 21-18, 21-15 against Thailand's upcoming player Vitidsarn.

Top Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal endured a poor day as they lost in their respective second-round matches at the German Open 2022 BWF Super 300 event at Mulheim on Thursday. Sindhu lost to the world championship bronze medallist Zhang Yi Man 21-14, 15-21, 21-14 in 55 minutes.

Subhankar Dey played an impressive game to get the better of British seventh seed Toby Penty in straight sets by a scoreline of 21-16, 21-9 to seal a spot in the semi-finals of the 2018 SaarLorLux Open on Friday. Meanwhile, Parupalli Kashyap was knocked out by France's Toma Junior Popov.

Subhankar Dey pulled off a shocker as he beat China’s Lin Dan by a scoreline of 22-20, 21-19 to enter the quarter-finals of the SaarLorLux Open Badminton in Germany on Thursday. Meanwhile, Parupalli Kashyap defeated local boy Alexander Roovers in straight games to make the quarters.

Parupalli Kashyap survived a three-game thriller in the second round of the 2018 BWF German Open as he managed to defeat Spain’s Luis Penalver by a final scoreline of 21-17, 19-21, 21-16. Meanwhile, Subhankar Dey beat Italy’s Fabio Caponio in straight sets to progress to round two.