World Badminton Championships 2017: Sindhu & Saina in SF while Srikanth ousted

SRIKANTH KIDAMBI went into the WBC 2017 as one of the favourites to come back with a medal has ended his campaign in the quarter-finals after losing to top seed Son Wan Ho 14-21, 18-21.

8th seed Srikanth couldn't complete the hat-trick of defeating the Korean, having done that twice in the past. The first game was an easy one for Son Wan while the second was a tough fight till the end.

Though Son Wan was leading 11-4 at the interval and then the Korean ran away with points, a lead of 16-5. It looked like a mountain to climb for Srikanth but he fought back, winning 7 straight points to make it 12-16 and continued to do so till the end. 19-17 was a crucial point in the game and the only time for Srikanth to make a comeback but he failed as from then on he managed to get only one point.

While it was an easy encounter for 4th seed PV Sindhu who trumped Sun Yu 21-14, 21-9 to set up a clash against Chen Yufei in the semis.

Saina Nehwal had a tough encounter against Kristy Gilmour which ended in three games and in favour of the Indian. The 12th seed Indian defeated Kristy 21-19 18-21 21-15. She will next play Nozomi Okuhara. 

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