Indonesia Open: Srikanth overshadowed the target; Sindhu’s campaign ends with defeat

Jakarta. Kidambi Srikanth made use of his experience to beat Lakshya Sen in straight games to reach the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 badminton event even as two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu cruised into the summit clash here on Thursday. ended in defeat. In the men’s singles last-16 match, Lakshya gave a tough fight to Srikanth but the world no. This is Srikanth’s third win in three matches for both the players.

World No. 14 women’s singles player Sindhu went down 18-21 16-21 to world No. 3 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in her second round match. Sindhu had made early round exits in the last two tournaments. Sindhu has faced a lot of trouble against Tai Tzu at the international level. In the 24 matches played between the two players, the player from Chinese Taipei has won 19 matches. With Sindhu’s defeat, the Indian challenge in the women’s singles ended.