Thailand Masters: Srikanth, Subramanian exit after quarterfinal loss
Thailand Masters: Srikanth, Subramanian exit after quarterfinal loss
Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian lost their respective men’s singles quarterfinal matches at the Thailand Masters Super 300 tournament on Friday.
While Srikanth lost 17-21, 16-21 to sixth seed Zheng Xing Wang of China, former world junior No. 1 Subramanian could not overcome the challenge posed by another Chinese player, Xuan Chen Zhu, losing 21-19, 18-21, 13-21 in a match that lasted one hour and 10 minutes.
Later, the eighth-seed Indian men’s doubles pair of Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and K. Sai Pratheek will face the second seeds, Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Daniel Marthin of Indonesia.
The other Indian in action will be Rakshitha Ramraj, who is scheduled to play Thailand’s Thamonwan Nithiittikrai in the women’s singles quarterfinal.
(With inputs from PTI)
