India Open: Kidambi Srikanth bows out, PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal enter quarters
Kidambi Srikanth crashed out of the India Open after suffering a shock straight game loss even as title-contenders Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu progressed to the quarterfinals with facile wins, in New Delhi on Thursday.
Playing his first tournament of the new season after recovering from an abdominal muscle strain, World No.3 Srikanth suffered a 19-21 17-21 loss to Malaysian qualifier Iskandar Zulkarnain, who is giving his career a last shot after coming back from a long injury gap due to back problem.
“I was at par with him in both the games but in the last few points he played really well. I am feeling good and I want to continue playing. I need more match practice. He is tricky and he gets shuttles back from crazy positions. I am just happy to be back on court,” Srikanth said after the men’s singles match.
Top seed and defending champion Sindhu dumped Bulgaria’s Linda Zetchiri 21-10 21-14 in the women’s singles to set up a clash with eighth seeded Spaniard Beatriz Corrales, who defeated Ruthvika Shivani Gadde 21-17 21-10. “It was an easy match. There were many long rallies but I made many unforced errors. I have to try different strokes, get some …read more
