Kidambi Srikanth secured a spot within the main draw of the Malaysia Masters, however the remainder of the Indian shuttlers have been unable to progress previous the singles qualifiers, exiting the Super 500 match in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday (May 20, 2025).
Srikanth, who’s on a comeback path, recovered from a first-game loss to defeat Chinese Taipei’s Huang Yu Kai 9-21, 21-12, 21-6 in his second qualifying males’s singles match.
The 32-year-old, a 2021 World Championships silver medallist, had earlier crushed one other Taipei participant, Kuo Kuan Lin, 21-8, 21-13 within the first spherical.
The former world primary will face a difficult opponent in sixth-seeded Chinese participant Lu Guang Zu within the main draw.
In different matches, Tharun Mannepalli fell 13-21, 21-23 to Thailand’s Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul, whereas S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian misplaced 20-22, 20-22 to China’s Zhu Xuan Chen, each of whom ended their campaigns within the qualification stage. In girls’s singles, Anmol Kharb, who was an integral half of the Asian Team gold medal final 12 months, was defeated 14-21, 18-21 by Taipei’s Hung Yi-Ting. The blended doubles pair of Mohit Jaglan and Lakshita Jaglan additionally bowed out, dropping 15-21, 16-21 to the Malaysian duo of Ming Yap Too and Lee Yu Shan.
Top Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy will start their respective campaigns on the $4,75,000 occasion on Wednesday (May 21, 2025).
Published – May 20, 2025 04:47 pm IST
