French Open 2018: Sindhu, Srikanth out of French Open after QF losses

PV Sindhu

Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth crashed out in the quarter-finals of the French Open after suffering straight-game defeats in their respective matches as India's campaign ended in the singles events here on Friday.

Sindhu looked a pale shadow of herself as she lost 13-21, 16-21 in 40 minutes against seventh seed He Bingjiao of China. Earlier, fifth seed Srikanth gave a good account of himself but lost steam against top seed Kento Momota of Japan. Srikanth fought hard, but lost 16-21, 19-21 to slump to his seventh consecutive and fifth straight loss this year against the Japanese opponent.

Catch up on all the latest sports news and updates here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever