Thailand Open: Former World Quantity One Kidambi Srikanth Bows Out In Qualifiers

Former world primary Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth did not qualify for the primary spherical of the Thailand Open 2025 as he crashed out of the match with a defeat in his second match within the qualifiers on Tuesday. In the primary spherical of qualifiers, the world championships silver medallist ousted Sankar Subramanian 21-15, 21-17 however misplaced within the second towards Tharun Mannepalli 21-15, 21-17. In his final eight outings, Srikanth, ranked 71st within the males’s singles, has managed only one look within the quarter-finals, highlighting his turbulent part. Last yr, he made only one semi-final look after competing in 14 tournaments.

Tharun, ranked 53rd, was the one Indian to advance previous the qualifiers. He will proceed India’s problem in the primary draw, which kicks off on Wednesday. Before outwitting Srikanth, Tharun defeated Chinese Taipei’s Kuo Kuan Lin 17-21, 21-19, 21-17 within the carefully contested opener.

Ayush Shetty, who stormed into the semi-finals of the Taipei Open Super 300 final week, opened his account with a dominant 21-10, 21-11 victory towards Finland’s Joakim Oldorff. However, in his second fixture within the qualifiers, the 20-year-old bowed out of the match following a 21-14, 22-20 defeat towards Malaysia’s Justin Hoh. Sathish Karunakaran’s marketing campaign additionally got here to a bitter finish after a 17-21, 21-12, 21-12 loss to Malaysia’s Aidil Sholeh.

In the ladies’s singles class, Ira Sharma staged a flawless comeback to defeat Myanmar’s Thet Hthar Htuzar 18-21, 21-8, 21-12 in her opener. However, she couldn’t carry her successful momentum towards Thailand’s Thamonwan Nithiittikrai and misplaced by 21-12, 21-18 within the second.

India’s solely blended doubles pair within the qualifiers, Mohit Jaglan and Lakshita Jaglan, crashed out of the match with a defeat towards Chan Yin Chak and NG Tsz Yau of Hong Kong China 21-8, 21-10.

On Wednesday, Lakshya Sen, the Paris 2024 Olympics males’s singles semi-finalist, world quantity 10 girls’s doubles duo Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly and the rising sensation Unnati Hooda will take the court docket.

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