Pathumwan, Jan. 31 -- India shuttler Kidambi Srikanth lost in the quarter-finals of the men's singles event at the Thailand Masters 2025 as he went down losing in two straight sets at Pathumwan on Friday, as per the Olympics.com.

Srikanth, ranked 47th in the badminton rankings, lost 21-17, 21-16 to sixth seed Wang Zhengxing of the People's Republic of China.

Wang Zhengxing controlled proceedings straight from the outset and held a slender 11-10 lead at the mid-game break. The Chinese badminton player broke away after the restart to take the lead.

The second game was more of the same. Although Kidambi Srikanth put up a fight by picking up five straight points to reduce Wang Zhengxing's advantage to 19-16 at one stage, it wasn't enough t...