Japan Open: HS Prannoy stuns Kidambi Srikanth in first round, Sameer Verma too crashes out - Hindustan Times
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Japan Open: HS Prannoy stuns Kidambi Srikanth in first round, Sameer Verma too crashes out

Tokyo | ByPTI
Jul 24, 2019 12:05 PM IST

Srikanth held a 4-1 record over Prannoy coming into this match, but the shuttler was unable to deliver a winning performance.

K Srikanth’s poor run of form continued as the Indian shuttler crashed out of the Japan Open after suffering a first-round defeat at the hands of compatriot HS Prannoy, here on Wednesday.

File image of India shuttler HS Prannoy.(Getty Images)
File image of India shuttler HS Prannoy.(Getty Images)

It was disappointment for Sameer Verma too, who went down to Denmark’s Anders Antonsen in straight games in another men’s singles match. The unseeded Indian lost 17-21 12-21 in the match that lasted 46 minutes. Prannoy stunned the higher ranked Srikanth 13-21, 21-11, 22-20 in a match that lasted 59 minutes at the BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament.

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The eighth seed Srikanth, who holds a superior head-to-head record against Prannoy, started of well clinching the first game 21-13.

However, the unseeded Prannoy came back strongly taking the second game 21-11. The decider went down to the wire with Prannoy having the last laugh. He will face Rasmus Gemke of Denmark in the second round.

Srikanth, the former world No. 1, has been struggling for consistency this season. He made a second-round exit from the Indonesia Open last week.

It was curtains for the mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Sikki Reddy as well.

The duo went down 11-21, 14-21 to the Chinese combination of Zhend Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiaong in just 26 minutes.

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