Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth Exit China Masters

In Badminton, Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth suffered contrasting losses to bow out of the China Masters Badminton tournament at Shenzhen on Wednesday.

Earlier, Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto defeated India’s Priyanshu Rajawat by 21-17, 21-14.
Sister duo of Rutuparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda also lost the game to China’s Zhang Shu Xian and Zheng Yu in the women’s doubles event. 

Asian Games bronze medallist HS Prannoy and men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are still in the the fray and will play their respective second-round matches on Thursday.