Korea Masters: Kidami Srikanth, Sammer Verma crash out after losing second round matches

Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma were knocked out of the ongoing Korea Masters after losing their respective second-round matches on Thursday.

Srikanth faced a defeat at the hands of Japan's Kanta Tsuneyama 14-21, 19-21. The encounter lasted for 37-minute. Tsuneyama had the upper hand in the match as he registered a straight two-game win. Srikanth tried to make a come back in the second game and gave a tough fight but at last, lost the match.

On the other hand, Verma lost to South Korea's Kim DongHun 19-21, 12-21 in a 39-minute long clash.