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While Sindhu was still struggling to beat Chinese He Bingjiao in women's singles, Srikanth fell in straight games against world No. 3 Chou Tien Chen in the individual singles competition.
Third seed Sindhu, who won three silver medals this season – Commonwealth Games, World Championship and Asian Games – lost 17-21 21-17 15-21 to eighth-seeded Chinese list.
This was the third defeat of the Indian shuttler against Bingjiao, who defeated him at the Open of Indonesia and at the Open de France in July. October of this year.
Later, Srikanth paid the price of being too erratic since he lost 14-21 14-21 in 35 minutes against Chen, who was in good shape this season with three titles in the last five appearances.
A little earlier, the leftist Bingjiao controlled the rallies by performing her blows perfectly and using her skillful touch to thwart Sindhu.
The Indian quickly lost the advantage 8-3 and lost the opening match, but made a comeback in the second before losing the decision after a late charge.
Sindhu had started a 4-1 lead before moving to 8-3, but Bingjiao managed to come back to 9-9. The duo moved neck and neck until 15-15, when the Chinese qualified with three points in a row. Sindhu arrived at 17-18 before Bingjiao pocketed the opening match.
In the second game, Bingjiao climbed to 4-2, but Sindhu reversed the trend as she went to 6-5 and then took an 11-7 lead. She kept the distance despite the Chinese who slammed feet at his feet.
In the decision, Bingjiao was safer than Sindhu because she was executing her plan well to take an 11-6 advantage at the break. The Chinese managed to take a 15-8 lead before Sindhu produced a late charge to return to 15-16.
But Bingjiao gave no chance to the Indian after that, as she lost the remaining points to carve a place in the semi-finals.
In the men's singles match, Srikanth never seemed to challenge his Chinese Taipei opponent, who won titles in Germany, Singapore and Korea this year.
Chen played with a lot of confidence, which seemed to miss the Indian during the match by giving easy points.
In the opening match, Srikanth had at first well taken the advantage 10-8, but after the break, Chen dominated the debates. Finally, a roaring smash earned him the point of play and he sealed it on Srikanth's return.
In the second game, Srikanth once again struggled and lost 4-10 at the same time, but he produced an impressive smash and two unforced errors of his rival led him to 7-10.
Srikanth's clear error gave Chen an 11-7 lead at half-time.
After the break, Chen again dominated the exchanges even as Srikanth fell into a pile of mistakes.
11-18 behind, Srikanth produced another smash to score, but Chen soon scored eight points in the game.
Srikanth recorded two match points before Chen sealed the match with another specific return.
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