PV Sindhu, Srikanth lose in Indonesia Masters semis

PV Sindhu. Pic/AFP

Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth crashed out of the Indonesia Masters Super 750 badminton tournament after suffering straight game defeats in the women's and men's singles semifinals respectively to bring the curtains down on Indian campaign here on Saturday.

Sindhu lost to Japanese top seed Akane Yamaguchi while Srikanth was outplayed by third seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark. Even though Sindhu had a superior 12-7 head-to-head record against the Japanese shuttler going into the tie, having won both the meetings between the two this year, the Indian was no match for her rival, losing 13-21, 9-21 in a one-sided duel that lasted just 32 minutes.

Srikanth lost 14-21, 9-21 to Antonsen in 41 minutes in the men's singles semi-finals.

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