Asan, Aug. 5 -- Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth suffered a first-round exit at the Korea Masters 2026 badminton tournament, while rising star Tanvi Sharma advanced to the second round in Asan on Wednesday.

Seeded third at the BWF Super 300 event, Srikanth lost 20-22, 21-14, 12-21 to Israel's Daniil Dubovenko in a hard-fought 50-minute men's singles match, as per Olympics.com.

The defeat marked Srikanth's second successive opening-round exit, following his runner-up finish at the US Open in June.

Rounak Chouhan, Kiran George, Mithun Manjunath, Saneeth Dayanand and Tharun Mannepalli also exited in the opening round, ending India's challenge in the men's singles competition.

The women's singles draw, however, brought far better resul...