JAKARTA: India witnessed a dismal start at the
Indonesia Masters
as none of the shuttlers could cross the qualifying stage at the $350,00 World Tour Super 500 tournament.
While
Abhishek Yelegar
lost 20-22 14-21 to Vega Vio Nirwanda of Indonesia, Subhankar Dey suffered a 9-21 21-23 loss against another local player Panji Ahmad Maulana in the men's singles qualifiers.
In women's singles qualifiers, Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli went down 7-21 9-21 to
Goh Jin Wei
of Malaysia.
Men's doubles pair of
Kapil Chaudhary and
Brijesh Yadav
too lost 12-21 8-21 to Indonesian combo of Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Frengky Wijaya Putra.
With Kidambi Srikanth and H S Prannoy pulling out at the last moment,
Commonwealth Games
champion
Parupalli Kashyap
has been promoted to the main draw. He will face Malaysia's
Wei Feng Chong
tomorrow.
Srikanth suffered a minor injury and will be back at the India Open starting January 30.
"I will not be taking part in the Indonesia Masters this week due to a small injury but will be playing India Open next week," Srikanth wrote in his twitter handle.
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