<p> Basel: Star Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth's winning run at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament came to an end after a semifinal loss to Chinese Taipei's Lin Chun-Yi here.</p>.<p> The former world number one squandered a one-match lead to go down 21-15 9-21 18-21 in a gruelling last-four contest that lasted one hour and five minutes on Saturday night.</p>.<p> With the loss, India's challenge at the USD 210,000 tournament has ended.</p>.Emotional Sabalenka exits Miami Open in fit of rage.<p> The match marked Srikanth's first semifinal appearance in 16 months. He had last reached the last-four stage at the Hylo Open in November 2022.</p>.<p> After taking the opener, Srikanth took an early 4-1 lead in the second game.</p>.<p> However, errors started to creep into the 2021 World Championships silver medallist's game and Srikanth lost the momentum to go down tamely in the next game with Lin, forcing a decider.</p>.<p> Srikanth did get his rhythm back in the decider with not much separating the two shuttlers, who fought hard for supremacy.</p>.<p> The Indian managed to take a slender lead at the interval.</p>.<p> At 16-16, Lin manage to take a three-point lead. Srikanth did mange to cut down his deficit but the nerves got the better of him and he ultimately succumbed to defeat.</p>
<p> Basel: Star Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth's winning run at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament came to an end after a semifinal loss to Chinese Taipei's Lin Chun-Yi here.</p>.<p> The former world number one squandered a one-match lead to go down 21-15 9-21 18-21 in a gruelling last-four contest that lasted one hour and five minutes on Saturday night.</p>.<p> With the loss, India's challenge at the USD 210,000 tournament has ended.</p>.Emotional Sabalenka exits Miami Open in fit of rage.<p> The match marked Srikanth's first semifinal appearance in 16 months. He had last reached the last-four stage at the Hylo Open in November 2022.</p>.<p> After taking the opener, Srikanth took an early 4-1 lead in the second game.</p>.<p> However, errors started to creep into the 2021 World Championships silver medallist's game and Srikanth lost the momentum to go down tamely in the next game with Lin, forcing a decider.</p>.<p> Srikanth did get his rhythm back in the decider with not much separating the two shuttlers, who fought hard for supremacy.</p>.<p> The Indian managed to take a slender lead at the interval.</p>.<p> At 16-16, Lin manage to take a three-point lead. Srikanth did mange to cut down his deficit but the nerves got the better of him and he ultimately succumbed to defeat.</p>