Indian challenge ended at the Hong Kong Open World Badminton tournament after Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma lost their men’s singles quarterfinal matches in Kowloon on Friday.
Fourth seed Srikanth suffered a 17-21, 13-21 loss to eighth seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan.
Later, World No. 18 Sameer also failed to tame local hope Lee Cheuk Yiu, who came through the qualifiers to seal his maiden semi-final spot with a 21-15, 19-21, 21-11 win.