Japan Open: Saina, Sindhu crash out; Srikanth, Prannoy reach quarters
Other Sports | September 21, 2017 16:56 ISTSindhu squandered a lead of 11-9 and 18-16 in the opening game and looked completely out of sorts in the second game to bow out early.
Sindhu squandered a lead of 11-9 and 18-16 in the opening game and looked completely out of sorts in the second game to bow out early.
Saina will take on reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin in the next round where the Indian has a 4-3 record against the Spaniard, having lost thrice in the last four meetings.
Kashyap first got past Denmark's Emil Holst 21-15, 21-14 but lost to Japanese Yu Igarashi 11-21, 21-18, 14-21 in an hour and five minutes in the second qualifying match.
Sindhu avenged her World Championship heart-break by beating Nozomi Okuhara in a pulsating summit clash of Korea Open to claim her second super series title of the season.
Despite putting up a brave fight, ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth went down in the quarter-final match of the Japan Open against Marc Zweibler of Germany, thus concluding his journey in the tournament today.
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