Korea Open: Sindhu-Srikanth crash out in opener, Prannoy advances

Ace Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth made an early exit from Korea Open a Super 500 badminton tournament after suffering losses in their respective openinground matches here on WednesdayTwotime Olympic medallist PV Sindhu lost 1821 2110 1321 to Pai Yu Po of Chinese in the womens singles in her first official match under new coach Muhammad Hafiz Hashim The Malaysian coachs appointment was formally announced on TuesdayThis was Sindhus sixth openinground ouster in 12 BWF World Tour tournament appearances this seasonIn other womenrsquos singles matches Malvika Bansod lost 1721 721 to world no 4 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei Ashmita Chaliha meanwhile succumbed 1321 1221 to the reigning Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei of ChinaAlso Read Priyanshu Rajawat enters second round of Korea Open Kiran George faltersAakarshi Kashyap suffered a 1221 1721 loss at the hands of Chinese shuttler Zhang Yi Man while Tasnim Mir fell 1121 1821 to local player Kim Ga Yun Tanya Hemnath lost 1121 1721 to Japanrsquos Saena KawakamiIn the mens singles former world no 1 Srikanth went down 2112 2224 1721 to Japans Kento Momota in a grueling threesetter His compatriot HS Prannoy got the better of Belgian Julien Carraggi 2113 2117 to sail into the second round where he will be up against Lee Cheuk Yiu of Hong KongOn the other hand Kiran George lost 1721 921 to Chinese Taipei shuttler Wang Tzu Wei Mithun Manjunath also suffered an 1121 421 loss to Malaysian Ng Tze YongIn the mixed doubles Rohan Kapoor and N Sikki Reddy made the second after defeating the Philippines Alvin Morada and Alyssa Ysabel Leonardo 2117 2117 Rohan and Sikki will next play the fourth seed Chinese pair of Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong PingAnother mixed pair B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa bowed out after a 2123 2113 1221 loss to the Korean pair of Song Hyun Cho and Lee Jung HyunAfter series of first round exits on Wednesday the likes of Prannoy and Priyanshu Rajawat mens singles Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty menrsquos doubles Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand womenrsquos doubles and Rohan Kapoor and N Sikki Reddy mixed doubles are keeping the Indian challenge alive at Super 500 eventSatwik and Chirag won their mens doubles first round match on Tuesday while Treesa and Gayatri received a walkover in their openerThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever