Asan (South Korea), Aug. 5 -- Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth crashed out of the Korea Masters 2026 badminton tournament, while in-form youngster Tanvi Sharma eased into the second round in Asan on Wednesday.
Seeded third at the BWF Super 300 badminton tournament, Srikanth went down 20-22, 21-14, 12-21 to Israel's Daniil Dubovenko in a 50-minute men's singles contest. It marked the second consecutive first-round exit for the Indian badminton player, who had also finished runner-up at the US Open in June.
Rounak Chouhan, Kiran George, Mithun Manjunath, Saneeth Dayanand and Tharun Mannepalli also bowed out, bringing India's men's singles campaign to an early end.
The women's singles draw, however, produced far better returns, with seve...