Ace shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth had to end their game in the semifinals after they went down in straight games at the Korea Open Super 500 badminton tournament on Saturday.
PV Sindhu suffered her fourth successive defeat to 20-year-old An Seyoung, losing 14-21, 17-21 in 48 minutes. She claimed victory in the Swiss Open recently.
Kidambi Srikanth lost to third seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in straight games in the men’s singles sem-final of the Korea Open Badminton Championships 2022 on Saturday here at the Palma Stadium in Suncheon, South Korea.
He lost the match 19-21 16-21 in 50 minutes and with his defeat, India’s campaign in the Korea Open has ended. Srikanth was also defeated by Jonatan Christie in the Swiss Open semi-final last month.
