Sindhu and Srikanth lose opening matches

BANGKOK: Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth suffered close defeats in their respective Group B openers at the $1.5m HSBC BWF World Tour Finals on Wednesday. World champion Sindhu lost to world No 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan 21-19, 12-21, 17-21. It was Sindhu’s 16th defeat to Tzu Ying in 21 meetings. Former world No 1 Srikanth too squandered an opening game advantage, losing 21-15, 16-21, 18-21 to world No 3 Anders Antonsen of Denmark in a gruelling 77-minute contest.