Gwangju: Ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Thursday was knocked out of the ongoing Korea Masters after losing to Japan's Kanta Tsuneyama in straight sets in the second round of men's single event.
Another Indian shuttler Sameer Verma also crashed out of the same event after losing to South Korea's Kim DongHun.
Srikanth faced a defeat at the hands of Tsuneyama 14-21, 19-21. The encounter lasted for 37-minute. Tsuneyama had the upper hand in the match as he registered a straight two-game win.
Srikanth tried to make a come back in the second game and gave a tough fight but at last, lost the match.
On the other hand, Verma lost to Kim DongHun 19-21, 12-21 in a 39-minute long clash.
Earlier on Wednesday, Sourabh Verma was knocked out after losing to Kim Donghun of Korea in men's singles first round 21-13, 12-21, 13-21.
