Badminton News: Kidambi Srikanth loses in QF, India challenge over at Malaysia Open

The Indian challenge came to an end in the Malaysia Open 2019 as Kidambi Srikanth lost his quarter-final match to Olympic champion Chen Long of China in Kuala Lumpur. A fighting Kidambi Srikanth suffered a straight-game loss to Olympic champion. The eighth-seeded Indian, who had reached the finals of India Open last week, blew a 16-11 advantage in the opening game, while in the second game he fought back from 7-11 down to level scores at 19-19 before ending up on the losing side. The 26-year-old had a 1-5 head-to-head record against Chen Long, whom he had defeated in their last meeting at the 2017 Australian Open.