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Wednesday, Jun 11, 2025
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.
Sameer Verma suffered a shocking straight-game loss in men's singles on Tuesday as India were stunned 2-3 by a young Malaysia in a group match.
Seventh-seeded Saina lost to third seed Yamaguchi 13-21, 23-21, 16-21 in a match, which lasted one hour and nine minutes.
The 24-year-old from Madhya Pradesh, who had lost to Shi Yuqi in the semifinals of the World Tour Finals in December last year, suffered a 20-22, 23-21, 12-21 loss.
It is Sindhu's second semifinal of the season, following a last-four finish at the India Open last month.
Sameer Verma too continued his impressive run by progressing to the men's singles quarterfinals.
Sameer Verma continued his impressive run, beating China's Lu Guangzu 21-15, 21-18.
Saina has been going through a tough phase with fitness issues since claiming the Indonesia Masters in January. She had also made first-round exits at the China Open and Korea Open earlier this year.
PV Sindhu defeated Indonesia's Choirunnisa 21-14, 21-9 in a lop-sided contest in women's singles.
World No 5 Sindhu reached the semifinals at India Open and Singapore Open, besides a couple of quarterfinal appearances at Indonesia and ABC but a title has remained elusive.
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