Srikanth, Verma lose in Hong Kong

Indian

shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma lost their respective men’s singles quarter-final matches to bow out of the Hong Kong Open yesterday.

The fourth-seeded Srikanth lost to eighth seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan 21-17, 21-13 in straight games, while Sameer went down to local player Lee Cheuk-yiu.

Srikanth never looked in contention as the Guntur player was struggling right from the start in a match that finished in 44 minutes.

In the other match, Yiu edged past Sameer 21-15, 19-21, 21-11 in a marathon match. (IANS)