China Open: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth knocked out of the event

PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth

Top shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth lost their quarterfinal matches yesterday, drawing the curtains on India's campaign at the USD one million China Open BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournament here.

After Srikanth was ousted 9-21, 11-21 by reigning world champion Kento Momota of Japan, third seed Sindhu went down fighting 11-21, 21-11, 15-21 to World No. 6 Chen Yufei of China in a hard-fought contest, which lasted 52 minutes.

Sindhu had beaten Chen, 20, four times in their last six meetings but yesterday she couldn't curb her errors or find a way to break her opponent's superior game plan. Chen dictated the pace and punished any error from the Indian, who went out a few times. Eventually the Chinese sealed the game with a sharp smash.

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