Sindhu exits, Srikanth enters quarterfinals

Hong Kong, November 14

World champion PV Sindhu exited the $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 here today. It was also curtains for HS Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap as they suffered contrasting losses in the second round. 

World No. 6 Sindhu went down 18-21 21-11 16-21 to world No. 18 Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand in 69 minutes to continue her recent dismal run.

Srikanth emerged as the only Indian survivor after notching up a 21-11 15-21 21-19 win over compatriot Sourabh Verma in the men's singles second round.

Earlier, Prannoy suffered a 12-21 19-21 loss to Jonatan Christie in the second round. Former Commonwealth Games champion Kashyap went down fighting to world No. 2 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei 21-12 21-23 10-21.

In other results, fourth seeded Japanese pair of Arisa Higashino and Yuta Watanabe beat the Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa 21-19 21-12 in 42 minutes in the mixed doubles. — PTI