Saina, Srikanth and Manu-Sumeeth lose in Denmark Open shocked India

India lost Denmark Open in second round. Both Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth lost in second rounds in Women’s single and Men’s single of the USD 650,000 Super Series Premier event respectively.

Saina, Srikanth and Manu-Sumeeth lose in Denmark Open shocked India

World no 5 Srikanth, who had a 1-1 record against Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia coming into the match, failed to come up with his best game and lost 15-21 17-21 in the men’s singles second round.Also making an exit was men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy.World number one Saina lost 18-21 13-21 to world number 18 from Japan Minatsu Mitani in 39 minutes in the women’s singles second round on Thursday.

The top Indian men’s doubles pair of Manu and Sumeeth, who reached the finals of Dutch Open last week, put up a brave fight before going down 19-21 22-20 19-21 to eight seeds Lee Sheng Mu and Tsai Chia Hsin of Chinese Taipei. Last night, H S Prannoy went down fighting against Hsu Jen Hao of Chinese Taipei in the opening round.World no 16 Prannoy, who had lost to Hao at the 2011 Bulgarian International, could not exert enough pressure on his opponent and suffered a 21-23 21-19 15-21 loss in a match that lasted an hour and 21 minutes.

Prannoy had dominated most part of the opening game as he led 7-3 early on and even though Hao wrested control for a brief time at 13-12, the Indian grabbed the lead immediately with a four-point burst to move to 17-13 and then held three game points at 20-17. But Prannoy squandered the lead as Hao surpassed him with four straight points to move to 21-20 and then sealed the game with two more points. Bolstered by the first game, World no 24 Hao came into his own in the second and led right from the start to be 15-11 at one stage.

In Chinese Taipei Grand Prix tournament, 13th seed Indian Sameer Verma lost to Thailand’s Khosit Phetpradab 17-21 23-21 12-21 in men’s singles opening round at the Hsing Chuang Gymnasium.