Badminton: Kidambi Srikanth bows out of Kumamoto Masters Japan in quarter-finals

Kumamoto (Japan), Nov 13 (UNI) Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the Kumamoto Masters Japan 2026 badminton tournament after losing to Japan's Koki Watanabe in the men's singles quarter-finals on Friday. Srikanth, the 2021 BWF World Championships silver medallist, went down 24-22, 21-15 to world No. 15 Watanabe in 41 minutes, according to olympics.com. Having repeatedly fought back from difficult positions over the previous two days at the BWF Super 500 tournament, Srikanth was on course for another recovery in a tightly contested opening game at the Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium. Watanabe held a 17-14 advantage before Srikanth…