More Sports Badminton Badminton Denmark Open 2020: Srikanth loses in quarters, Indian campaign ends With the defeat of Srikanth, seeded fifth, India’s campaign ended in the USD 750,000 Super 750 tournament, the only world tour event happening this year. PTI Odense 16 October, 2020 22:28 IST Kidambi Srikanth in action against Chou Tien Chen at the Danisa Denmark Open Badminton in Odense, Denmark. - AP PTI Odense 16 October, 2020 22:28 IST Top Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the Denmark Open badminton tournament with a 22-20, 13-21, 16-21 defeat to Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in the men’s singles quarterfinals on Friday.The World No. 2 Taipei player came back after losing the first game and took the next two to win the match in one hour and two minutes and storm into the semifinals. Srikanth sails into Denmark Open quarters, Lakshya loses With the defeat of Srikanth, seeded fifth, India’s campaign ended in the USD 750,000 Super 750 tournament, the only world tour event happening this year in a calendar thrown haywire by the COVID-19 pandemic.Srikanth took the early lead at 7-4 but Chen fought back to 11-10 midway into the first game. The Indian made his way back to 19-19 and then 20-20 before taking the first game 22-20.The second game saw Chen dominating Srikanth as the Taipei player zoomed ahead from 10-9 to win it 21-13 and take the match to the decider.Srikanth put up some fight in the early exchanges of the decider but seemed to have lost way later. Chen left the Indian behind to take the third game and wrap up the match.Lakshya Sen had lost in the second round on Thursday while Subhankar Dey and Ajay Jayram made first-round exits. Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address.