Viktor Axelsen

Srikanth lost 21-14, 21-19. That in itself wasn't a surprise, but the Indian let a big lead slip in the second game and was left to rue his errors.

“I am only happy to see so many badminton fans in the stands, it was a great atmosphere. He said, “I think it’s really important at the moment to cut down the errors. “Even in the first game, even it was 14-16 or something, I just had a few tap-outs and a few smash-outs. I was just very happy to pull out the win today.” But now I have some more hours tomorrow, so I am trying to recover in the best way possible,” Axelsen said before adding a word of appreciation for the fans. For Srikanth, it is back to the drawing board. So I am trying to adapt in the best way possible.” Again, in the second game, at 19-18 I hit a tap out when it touched the net and went out. But in a turn of events as extreme as Srikanth’s lead felt, the Danish superstar masterminded a Houdini Act to break himself free – not with magic, but with the steadiness that comes with the belief he possesses at the moment – to complete the win in 41 minutes. “I went in thinking I can win, you know. But because of the manner in which it ended. In the second game, Srikanth had a massive nine-point lead at 14-5.

Srikanth squandered a 14-5 lead in the second game after losing the opening to go down 14-21 19-21 to the world number 1.

He fluffed the lines and went to the nets repeatedly as soon as it was 17-16. Srikanth made an attacking start after the change of ends, using his smashes to good use, to lead 5-1. [Kidambi Srikanth](https://www.outlookindia.com/topic/kidambi-srikanth)'s poor run continued as he went down in straight games to Olympic and world champion [Viktor Axelsen](https://www.outlookindia.com/topic/viktor-axelsen) in his opening men's singles match at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Super 750 tournament in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Kidambi Srikanth fought hard but could not stop Olympic and world champion Viktor Axelsen in the opening round of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2023, at the.

14 Indian relied on his attacking instinct and played his trademark jump smashes to gain points. There were no surprises in the women’s singles section with top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, second seed An Se-Young of South Korea and 4th seed He Bingjiao of China advancing to the second round without losing a game. In the day’s other matches, second seed Lee Zii Jia and Denmark’s Anders Antonsen were taken to the distance by their relatively unknown opponents while a visibly tired Kodai Naraoka of Japan fizzled out in three games against third seed Loh Kean Yew of Singapore.

Former World Championships medallist Kidambi Srikanth crashed out in the first round of the India Open Super 750 tournament after losing to world no 1 ...

In round of 16, the Japanese will take on world no. In the women’s singles, world no. After losing the opening game, Srikanth took full control of the second game, leading 12-4 and later cruised to 15-4.