Thailand Masters 2025: Indian Challenge Ends After Srikanth, Pruthvi-Sai Pratheek Bow Out in Quarter-Finals

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Indian challenge in Thailand Masters 2025 ended on Friday (January 31) after singles shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth, Sankar Subramanian, Rakshitha Ramraj and doubles pair Pruthvi Roy-Sai Pratheek K lost their respective quarter-final matches at Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok.

Former world number one Srikanth went down in straight games 21-17, 21-16 to sixth seed Wang Zhengxing of the People's Republic of China in the men's singles last eight match that lasted 35 minutes.

The Chinese shuttler took a slender 11-10 lead at the mid-game break. From the restart, Wang broke away to take the lead and sealed the game. The second game also was similar to the opener.

Srikanth, ranked 47th in the badminton rankings, did put up a fight by picking up five straight points to reduce the deficit to 19-16 at one stage, but the Chinese shuttler held his nerve to seal the game and the match.

In the other singles men's match on the day involving an Indian, former world junior No.1 Sankar Subramanian went down fighting against Xuan Chen Zhu of China in a match that lasted an hour and 10 minutes.

Despite being 12-18 down in the opening game, Sankar Subramanian fought back valiantly and won the first game. However, Xuan Chen Zhu put his best foot forward in the next two games and fought back to win the match 19-21, 21-18, 21-13.

India's only remaining men's doubles duo at the Thailand Masters, Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek K, were also eliminated in the quarter-finals stage. The eighth-seeded Indian pair succumbed to a 21-19, 21-18 loss against second seeds Muhammad Shohibul Fikr and Daniel Marthin of Indonesia.

Meanwhile, the last match featuring an Indian badminton player on the day saw Rakshitha Ramraj lose her women's singles quarter-final encounter 19-21, 21-14, 21-9 against Thailand's Thamonwan Nithiittikrai. With that the Indian challenge at the BWF Super 300 tournament in Bangkok ended.