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Thursday, Jul 17, 2025
Srikanth lost to second seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei 22-20, 13-21, 16-21.
Srikanth, seeded fifth, defeated Ho-Shue 21-15, 21-14 in just 33 minutes to make it to the last eight of the Super 750 tournament.
Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma and H S Prannoy faced crushing defeats in their opening rounds, while Saina Nehwal, India's lone contender in women's singles, also failed to clear the first hurdle.
The positives for India were reigning world champion P V Sindhu and youngster Lakshya Sen who progressed to the second round.
Srikanth went down in straight games 18-21, 19-21 in the 48-minute contest.
Eighth-seeded Srikanth defeated Thailand's Khosit Phetpradab 21-11, 21-15 in little over half an hour to set up a meeting with Olympic champion and fourth seed Chen Long of China.
It is Sindhu's second semifinal of the season, following a last-four finish at the India Open last month.
H S Prannoy bowed out after losing 12-21, 21-16, 21-14 to Sitthikom Thammasin of Thailand.
Sindhu and Srikanth prevailed over Japanese shuttlers Aya Ohori and Kenta Nishimoto in women's and men's singles respectively.
HS Prannoy defeated compatriot Kidambi Srikanth, while Sameer Verma went down to Anders Antonsen.
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