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Parupalli Kashyap exited from the tournament after he retired in the third game of his first-round clash against Canada's Jason Anthony Ho-Shue owing to a calf injury. H S Prannoy also crashed out in the first round.
Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has withdrawn from the Thailand Open due to an injury.
Kidambi Srikanth needed 35 minutes to get the better of local hope Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus 21-16, 21-10 in the opening round.
Srikanth, who led 9-6 in the opening game, squandered the advantage to lose 21-16, 21-12 to the Japanese world champion.
Srikanth defeated Verma 22-20, 19-21, 23-21 in the quarterfinal on Thursday.
Srikanth and Saina will have a tough task at hand as they face Kento Momota and Tai Tzu Ying in respective quarterfinals.
Kidambi Srikanth brushed off a tough challenge in the opening game to clinch a comprehensive 21-19, 21-13 win against Wong Wing Ki Vincent of Hong Kong.
In a marathon match, third seed Sindhu lost to fifth seed Chen Yufei of China 11-21, 21-11, 15-21.
H S Prannoy lost his first round match against eighth seed Ng Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong 16-21, 12-21 to make an early exit from the tournament.
Srikanth lost to South Korea's Lee Dong-keun 21-19, 16-21, 18-21 as the Indian challenge came to an end.
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