World no. 4 Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the USD 750,000 Australian Open Superseries after losing his second round match to unseeded Chinese Tian Houwei. The Indian shuttler lost 21-18, 17-21, 13-21.
On Wednesday, Srikanth pipped Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark in a thrilling decider. After losing the first game, Srikanth recovered to beat Vittinghus 14-21 21-8 22-20 in a match lasting 53 minutes.
Meanwhile, India's women's doubles pair, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa were also ousted as they lost in straight games to Indonesians Nitya Krishinda Maheswari and Greysia Polii at the Sydney Olympic Park.
The fourth seeds beat Jwala and Ashwini 21-14, 21-10 in 32 minutes in the women's doubles second round to proceed to the quarter-finals.
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