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Indian star Kidambi Srikanth lost his match in the men's singles semifinal against Japan's Kento Momota, while Saina Nehwal qualified for the singles final of the Denmark Open on Saturday.
The second seed, Momota, took 42 minutes to play the seventh victory. Indian commuter 21-16, 21-12 in the quarter-finals advance as Saina defeated Gregoria Mariska Tunjunng of Indonesia 21-11 21-12 in a ripped affair that lasted 49 minutes.
It was a cakewalk
Srikanth's debated from the beginning and failed to find the rhythm that cost him the match.
Earlier, Friday night, Saina Nehwal and Srikanth entered the semifinal. The finals of the Danish Open were transpired by Nozomi Okuhara and Sameer Verma, respectively.
Saina returned from a match to beat his well-known and seventh-ranked opponent, Okuhura of Japan, 17-21, 21-16, 21-12 in the quarter-finals with a duration of 58 minutes on Friday night.
On the other hand, Srikanth also had to fight his compatriot Verma and scarcely separated the two men in the last men's singles contest.8
In the end, Srikanth won the match. 23rd place of the Indians. in an epic battle of one hour and 18 minutes with the final score indicating 22-20, 19-21, 23-21.
Verma had the advantage for the main parts of the third and decisive match where he even had a 17-A lead of -13 before Srikanth came back on the podium.
In women's doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy lost to the seeded Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in the quarterfinals.
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