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However, it was end of the road for Sourabh Verma, who went down after winning the first game to local favourite Kim Donghun 21-13, 12-21, 13-21.
Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the men's singles second round after his opponent Kento Momota's pull-out while Sourabh Verma entered the main draw after clinching straight-game wins in his two qualifying clashes.
The world No. 9 Indian pair lost 16-21, 20-22 to the top seeds Marcus and Kevin of Indonesia.
The Indian duo upset the world No. 3 pair of Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen in the quarterfinals.
World champion P V Sindhu exited the USD 400,000 Hong Kong Open in the pre-quarterfinals but Kidambi Srikanth made the quarters for the first time in seven months after claiming a thrilling win in men's singles.
Top Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth, B Sai Praneeth and H S Prannoy advanced to the second round of the men's singles event in the Syed Modi International Badminton tournament here on Wednesday.
A gritty Sourabh Verma entered the men's singles final after a hard-fought three-game win over Korea's Heo.
World Champion P V Sindhu made a positive start to her campaign but Saina Nehwal and Sameer Verma were ousted from the Hong Kong Open after suffering contrasting defeats in the opening round of the USD 400,000 event here on Wednesday.
Sen, seeded eighth in the tournament, needed 37 minutes to win his men's singles last-four clash against compatriot George and enter the final.
Lakshya, seeded eighth, needed 59 minutes to overcome Weng 17-21 21-18 21-16 in the summit clash for his third successive singles title of the season.
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