High Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth crashed out of the French Open Tremendous 750 badminton event after shedding to Rasmus Gemke of Denmark within the pre-quarterfinals right here on Thursday. Kidambi misplaced 21-19, 12-21, 19-21 within the match that lasted one hour and quarter-hour.
Within the first sport, Srikanth made a outstanding fightback after trailing 10-16 as he gained 9 straight factors to take a 19-16 lead earlier than going 1-0 up. The scores had been levelled at 10-10 within the second sport and Gemke gained six straight factors to zoom forward and take the match to the decider.
The decider was a neck-to-neck affair earlier than the Dane emerged victorious. Within the males’s doubles, seventh-seeded Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat the Malaysian duo of Man Wei Chong and Kai Wun Tee 21-16 21-14 in a spherical of 16 match that lasted 40 minutes.
The Indians now run into the top-seeded Japanese pair of Takuro Hohi and Yugo Kobayashi within the quarterfinals.