Young Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen dished out a gritty performance to outwit Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn in a thrilling three-game contest and progressed to the semifinals of the Hylo Open Super 500 here.

Lakshya, ranked world number 21, prevailed in a seesaw battle to notch up a 21-18, 12-21, 21-19 win over three-time junior World Champion Vitidsarn on Friday night. He joined fellow Indian Kidambi Srikanth in the semi-finals, who had beaten Hong Kong’s NG Ka Long Angus.