Mumbai, February 1: India shuttler Kidambi Srikanth lost in the quarter-finals of the men's singles event at the Thailand Masters 2025 as he went down losing in two straight sets at Pathumwan on Friday, as per the Olympics.com. Srikanth, ranked 47th in the badminton rankings, lost 21-17, 21-16 to sixth seed Wang Zhengxing of the People's Republic of China. Wang Zhengxing controlled proceedings straight from the outset and held a slender 11-10 lead at the mid-game break. The Chinese badminton player broke away after the restart to take the lead. PV Sindhu Falls to Nguyen Thuy Linh in Indonesia Masters 2025; Lakshya Sen Advances to Round of 16 With Win Over Takuma Obayashi.

The second game was more of the same. Although Kidambi Srikanth put up a fight by picking up five straight points to reduce Wang Zhengxing's advantage to 19-16 at one stage, it wasn't enough to avoid defeat. In India's other singles men's match on the day, former world junior No.1 Sankar Subramanian went down fighting against Xuan Chen Zhu of China in a match that lasted an hour and 10 minutes.

Despite being 12-18 down in the opening game, Sankar Subramanian fought back valiantly and won the first game. However, Xuan Chen Zhu put his best foot forward in the next two games and fought back to win the match 19-21, 21-18, 21-13. India's only remaining men's doubles duo at the Thailand Masters, Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek K, were also eliminated in the quarter-finals stage. Tanisha Crasto-Dhruv Kapila Enter Mixed Doubles Second Round at Indonesia Masters 2025 Following Win Over Adnan Maulana and Indah Cahya Sari Jamil.

The eighth-seeded Indian pair succumbed to a 21-19, 21-18 loss against second seeds Muhammad Shohibul Fikr and Daniel Marthin of Indonesia.

Meanwhile, the last match featuring an Indian badminton player on the day saw Rakshitha Ramraj lose her women's singles quarter-final encounter 19-21, 21-14, 21-9 against Thailand's Thamonwan Nithiittikrai.

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