PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth Crash Out of Chinese Taipei Grand Prix
World No.3 Kidambi Srikanth was handed a shock defeat by unseeded Indonesia's Ihsan Maulana Mustofa 19-21, 18-21 in a men's singles second round match that lasted 40 minutes at the Taipei Arena.
India's challenge ended at the USD 200,000 Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament after top shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth, and fast-rising Sameer Verma lost their respective second round matches here today.
World No.3 Srikanth was handed a shock defeat by unseeded Indonesia's Ihsan Maulana Mustofa 19-21, 18-21 in a men's singles second round match that lasted 40 minutes at the Taipei Arena.
While Sindhu, who is yet to regain full form after her return to the field following a long injury lay-off, also lost in straight games against third seeded local shuttler Tai Tzu Ying.
The two-time World Championship bronze medallist lost 15-21, 17-21 in just 32 minutes to bow out of the women's singles competition.
With this victory, the World No.5 Taipei player has extended her record over Sindhu to 3-1.
Earlier, 20-year-old Sameer went down to World No.1 and Chinese top seed Chen Long 19-21 16-21 in 42 minutes.