Lakshya Sen. (Credit: Twitter)
Sen went down 19-21 18-21 to seventh-seeded Chinese Shi Yuqi, whereas world Srikanth suffered a 15-21 21-14 13-21 loss to world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand.
Star Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth suffered contrasting defeats to bow out of the China Masters badminton match — the season’s final BWF Super 750 occasion — on Wednesday.
World No. 17 Sen, who gained the Canada Open this 12 months, went down 19-21 18-21 to seventh-seeded Chinese Shi Yuqi, whereas world No. 24 Srikanth suffered a 15-21 21-14 13-21 loss to world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand.
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It was a 3rd consecutive first-spherical exit on the World Tour for Srikanth, who has simply 4 quarterfinal finishes to indicate this season.
Both Sen and Srikanth are preventing to be inside the highest 16 by April 28 subsequent 12 months to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
Young Indian Priyanshu Rajawat additionally bowed out after shedding 17-21 14-21 to Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto in 46 minutes.
Srikanth lagged within the opening sport from the beginning as Vitidsarn grabbed an 11-6 benefit on the break. The Indian narrowed down the result in 12-13 however the Thai moved forward to take the opening sport.
Srikanth quickly regrouped and opened a slim 3-0 lead. Thereafter, there was a decent struggle however the Indian managed to determine a 13-10 benefit after the break and stored his distance to roar again into the competition.
Vitidsarn stayed calm and broke off from 8-8 within the decider to remain forward regardless of a spirited struggle from Srikanth, who had made it 13-15 at one stage. But the Thai reeled off six factors to seal the problem.
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In ladies’s doubles, Rutaparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda misplaced to the Chinese pair of Zhang Shu Xian and Zheng Yu 15-21 9-21.
Asian Games bronze medallist HS Prannoy and males’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are nonetheless within the fray and can play their respective second-spherical matches on Thursday.
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