Hong Kong Open: PV Sindhu beaten; Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer advance

India's PV Sindhu

Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu suffered an unexpected loss in the second round but Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma advanced to the quarter-finals to keep India's flag flying at the Hong Kong Open here yesterday.

World No. 4 Sindhu, who was seeded third here, was shown the door by Hyun Ji Sung of Korea 24-26, 20-22. With Sindhu's exit, India's challenge ended in the women's singles after Saina Nehwal had made a first round exit.

But India's men's singles shuttlers had a good day in office with Srikanth and Sameer progressing to the last eight round, albeit with contrasting results. Fourth seeded Srikanth, who had claimed a silver medal at this year's Commonwealth Games, had to dig deep in his reservoir to outwit fellow Indian HS Prannoy 18-21, 30-29, 21-18.

Sameer, however, qualified for the quarter-finals after his formidable opponent, Olympic champion Chen Long pulled out of the competition due to injury.

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