Indian shuttler Srikanth Kidambi has been knocked out of the Indonesia Open tournament after he faced a 17-21, 19-21 defeat at the hands of Hong Kong's Ng Ka Long Angus here on Thursday.
The match did not witness absolute domination by any of the players. However, Long Angus outperformed Kidambi in both the sets.
In the opening set, Long Angus registered a 17-21 win over world number 9. However, Kidambi had the opportunity for securing a victory in the second set and take the match to the third set. But he faced a 19-21 defeat and consequently, was beaten in straight games.
Earlier, PV Sindhu advanced to the quarter-finals after she vanquished Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt by 21-14, 17-21, 21-11. Sindhu, the world's number five, will now play against second-ranked Japanese Nozomi Okuhara in the quarter-final contest on July 19.
Moreover, in the men's doubles, the Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to Indonesia's MF Gideon and KS Sukamuljo 21-15, 21-14.
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