Thailand Open: Indian Trio of Srikanth, Sameer & Prannoy suffers 1st round defeat
January 22, 2020 Badminton

- India’s Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma and HS Prannoy were on Wednesday knocked out of the Thailand Masters Badminton after suffering
first-round defeats in Bangkok. - Verma lost to Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia 16-21, 15-21 in a 39-minute men’s singles match in the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.
- The story went on similar lines for the fifth seeded Srikanth, who went down to Shesar Hiren Rhustavito of Indonesia 21-12, 14-21, 12-21 in a match that lasted 48 minutes. This was Srikanth’s third consecutive first-round exit this season.
Prannoy also suffered a defeat to Daren Liew in the firstround 21 -17, 20-22, 21-19 in a contest that lasted an hour and eight minutes.