India shuttler Kidambi Srikanth lost to Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto 21-19, 14-21, 18-21 in the semi-final of the Canada Open here on Saturday.

Srikanth had made a strong start, winning the first game 21-19, but his opponent fought back. In the decider, the scores were level at 18-18 when Nishimoto pounced on a weak return and then Srikanth sprayed wide twice to hand the match to Nishimoto.

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