Shuttlers Srikanth, Sindhu crash out of China Open
Friday - September 21, 2018 5:24 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Shuttlers Srikanth, Sindhu crash out of China Open
Changzhou (China) Sep 21 (IANS) India s singles shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and P.V. Sindhu lost their respective matches to crash out of the $1 million China Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament here on Friday.
In a marathon match third seed Sindhu lost to fifth seed Chen Yufei of China 11-21 21-11 15-21 while seventh seed Srikanth lost to third seed Kento Momota of Japan in staright games 21-9 21-11.
After losing the first game Sindhu bounced back in style but failed to match the pace of her opponent in the third game and thus lost the issue.
In men s singles match Srikanth was outplayed in every department of the game. Right from the start Momota overpowered the Guntur player and bagged the issue easily.
With this India s campaign in the tournament has ended.
--IANS gau/sed
In a marathon match third seed Sindhu lost to fifth seed Chen Yufei of China 11-21 21-11 15-21 while seventh seed Srikanth lost to third seed Kento Momota of Japan in staright games 21-9 21-11.
After losing the first game Sindhu bounced back in style but failed to match the pace of her opponent in the third game and thus lost the issue.
In men s singles match Srikanth was outplayed in every department of the game. Right from the start Momota overpowered the Guntur player and bagged the issue easily.
With this India s campaign in the tournament has ended.
--IANS gau/sed
