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Star Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu suffered contrasting defeats of their respective second group ‘B’ matches on the BWF World Tour Finals right here on Thursday.
While Kidambi misplaced 21-19, 9-21, 19-21 to Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei, Sindhu suffered a 18-21, 13-21 loss to Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon.
Srikanth, who’s making his fourth look on the season finale, will subsequent face Thailand’s Angus Ng Ka Long whereas Sindhu will lock horns with one other native Pornpawee Chochuwong of their final group stage encounters on Friday.
In the lads’s singles occasion, Srikanth confirmed nice abilities within the opening recreation and dominated the proceedings until the tip in opposition to his fourth-seed opponent to seal it 21-19 in 23 minutes.
However, Tzu Wei got here again strongly within the second recreation and registered a 11-5 lead on the interval. He prolonged the result in 16-7 earlier than Srikanth got here again to attain two factors to cut back the deficit to 16-9. But the fourth seed then gained 5 straight factors to seal the sport 21-9 in 19 minutes to power the match into the decider.
In the third recreation once more, Srikanth began off brilliantly however wasn’t capable of maintain on as he conceded a 11-10 lead on the mid-game break. Tzu Wei, nonetheless, stored his composure and regardless of dropping three consecutive factors in direction of the tip, he gained the sport 21-19.
In the ladies’s singles occasion, Sindhu was by no means within the match as she misplaced in straight video games in opposition to Intanon.
Sindhu, confirmed some combat within the opening recreation however wasn’t capable of management as she misplaced the opening recreation 18-21 to Intanon, who had defeated her final week in a lop-sided Thailand Open quarter-final conflict. Intanon then got here out with a even higher efficiency within the second recreation to seal it 21-13 and registered a cushty win within the match which lasted simply 43 minutes.
Both Srikanth and Sindhu had misplaced their match openers on Wednesday. While Srikanth had misplaced 21-15, 15-21, 18-21 to Denmark’s Anders Antonsen, Sindhu – the reigning world champion – had suffered a 21-19, 12-21, 17-21 loss to world primary Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei.
