Star shuttler Kidambi Srikanth fought valiantly before losing to China's Li Shi Feng in a tough three-game men's singles quarterfinal of the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 event on Friday.

Srikanth lost 14-21 21-14 12-21 in a duel that lasted one hour and nine minutes against World No. 10 Feng. The win enabled Feng to restore parity on the head-to-head record against Srikanth, which stands at 1-1 now.